days for those who lost loved ones in afghanistan and for those who carry the wounds of war. >> reporter: but the truth is far beyond bad feelings. post-9/11 veterans have a significantly higher rate of suicide than other vets and a study from brown and boston universities estimates over 30,000 active duty veterans in that age group have died that way, many more than the roughly 7,000 killed in others. why? in part because the length of the afghan and iraq wars took a terrible toll subjecting troops to multiple tee deployments and repeated traumas. and this retired air force nurse dedicated her life to helping vets. she nearly died in afghanistan. >> i was like what was all of this for. why did i work so hard. why was i gone for six months away from my family. >> reporter: jason candor, former missouri secretary of state sand previously a cnn
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