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>> >>DWANE: A RECORD 1,062 HOMELESS MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN SOUGHT HELP AT THIS YEAR'S STAND
DOWN FOR MILITARY VETERANS. IT STARTED IN SAN DIEGO 25 YEARS AGO AND NOW
MORE THAN 200 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY PUT ON A SIMILAR EVENT.
UP ON THE STREETS. >> >>: I WAS THERE IN DESERT STORM.
I WAS 20 YEAR OLD, YOU KNOW SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FORGET.
>> >>DWANE: A VETERAN OF THE MARINE CORPS, ARTURO OVERCOME WITH HELP OF THE VETERANS
VILLAGE OF SAN DIEGO. GIVING HOMELESS VETS AND EVEN THEIR FAMILIES
MUCH NEEDED ACCESS TO MEDICAL, LEGAL AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
>> >>: I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF FLASH BACKS, NIGHTMARES.
I HAD A REAL HARD TIME TRYING TO SLEEP. I DRANK TO PASS OUT.
NOT TO HAVE FUN, NOT TO GET DRUNK, NOT TO SOCIALIZE, BUT TO TRY AND PASS OUT.
>> >>DWANE: TODAY ARTURO IS ONE OF THE MANY VETERAN WHOSE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE REHAB
PROGRAM AND IS NOW ENROLLED IN COLLEGE. ABOUT 16,000 POST 9/11 VETERANS ARE EXPECTED
TO CALL SAN DIEGO HOME IN THE NEXT DECADE AND THAT MEAN A NEW WAIVE OF VETERANS SUFFERING
FROM PTSD, AND VARIOUS ADDICTIONS WILL BE HITTING THE SHORES OF SAN DIEGO.
>> >>: OUR NEXT GOAL IS TO BUILD PERMANENT HOUSING FOR VETERANS WHICH HELPS TO COMPLETE
A CONTINUUM OF CARE, WHICH WE START WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN HERE SEEKING OUR ASSISTANCE.
>> >>DWANE: FILL LANDIS IS A VETERAN OF THE ARMY AND PERM HEART RECIPIENT.
HE ENVISIONED A 5 ACRE CAMPUS 12 YEARS AGO TO HOUSE AND COUNCIL VETS AND IT'S FINALLY
COMING TO PASS. >> >>: OKAY, AFTER YOU.
>> >>DWANE: THE LATEST EDITION INCLUDES A NEW AUDITORIUM WHERE ALL 165 RESIDENTS CAN
GAGHT EXPR MEET. UPSTAIRS ARE 12 DOUBLE OCCUPANCY ROOMS FOR
WOMEN OR POST 911 VETS. LANDIS SAYS A THIRD OF HIS CLIENTS ARE TWENTY
SOMETHING AND HE APPLAUDS THE VA'S GOAL TO ELIMINATE HOMELESSNESS BY 2015 BUT DOESN'T
THINK IT'S DOABLE. HE SAYS WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM PAST WARS.
>> >>: YOU ARE GOING TO CREATE A POPULATION OF MEN, NOW MEN AND WOMEN, WHO ARE DISTURBED
BY THEIR EXPERIENCES. THAT IS NOT GOING TO STOP.
>> >>DWANE: LANDIS SAYS HE BELIEVES COMMUNITIES PULLING TOGETHER CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND
STAND DOWN IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. HE SAYS IT COULD TAKE SOME TIME TO FIND PROPERTY
TO BUILD A PERMANENT HOUSING FACILITY FOR HOMELESS VETS, BUT THEY'RE DETERMINED TO DO
JUST THAT.