Golden retrievers sent to comfort Newtown survivors

NEWTOWN, Conn.—A Lutheran charity group has sent about eight golden retrievers to comfort the survivors of Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Lutheran Church Charities in Addison, Ill., sent the dogs on an 800-mile journey to respond to the disaster.

Lutheran Church Charities President Tim Hetzner told the Chicago Tribune that the dogs "are nonjudgmental. They are loving. They are accepting of anyone."

The dogs have traveled around the country to comfort people after disasters. "The dogs have become the bridge," Lynn Buhrke, 66, who is a handler for a female golden retriever name Chewie, told the Associated Press. "People just sit down and talk to you."

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