After an excruciatingly slow start, the tale seems like it might finally come together, only to pull the rug from underneath you with an ending so abrupt and incomplete you feel as if you just read a novel with the final two chapters ripped out of it. Though point-and-click adventure game Alter Ego tries to involve you in its story with a few gruesome crimes, the crime that will strike you as most hideous is its own storytelling offenses. Unfortunately, there's a disastrous corollary to this tenet: A bad ending insults the reader and renders the plot that came before it hollow and insincere. As someone who is personally connected to the center, I can say with certainty that the center is one of the best things that came out of the dogs working on 9/11.As any fan of a good murder mystery will tell you, there's nothing more satisfying than a surprising reveal and a shocking payoff. As an example, Riley, a diabetic alert dog in training at the Penn Vet WDC, is named after a golden retriever search-and-rescue dog with FEMA’s Pennsylvania Task Force 1. Every dog that comes through the center is named after a dog or individual who worked tirelessly on that day 15 years ago. The center was also opened to train dogs in order to give them healthier and longer lives. It was noticed during the chaos of 9/11 that, since the working dogs came from all over the country to Ground Zero, some of the dogs had different training and different commands. The Penn Vet Working Dog Center, founded by Otto, opened its doors in 2012 to train working dogs in order to set a standard for working dogs. Cindy Otto, DVM, PhD, and founder of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center said that every working dog involved that day was an “anchor” for victims and workers alike. A study was done that showed that individuals affiliated with the dogs that day and in the days after have had lower incidences of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These dogs were also a source of relief and comfort to everyone involved.
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