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i, i had no feeling, no sensation, nothing. reporter: after six months, beene was put on long-term disability. then the letter from the police chief confirmed he was permanently disabled and the chief suggested possible termination. in connecticut one of the problems is this, workers comp does cover physical injuries but not mental health care including post-traumatic stress. and a bill that would have made that possible didn t get very far in the legislature this year. the city told him they could only afford to pay him two years of long-term disability because that s the length of their policy despite a police contract that covers the 12 years until he retires. but if he had lost an arm or leg he says he could recover with full medical coverage. those who responded did their job. they lived up to their end of the contract. reporter: connecticut is one of a few states that doesn t
for my knee pain, nothing beats my aleve. our third story out front, ripple effects from sandy hook. it s been 11 months since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults a it that newtown, connecticut elementary school. and now an officer says he s still too traumatized to go back to work. because he suffers from ptsd and not a physical wound, his job is in jeopardy. susan candiotti is outfront. reporter: for officer tom beene, the massacre at sandy hook elementary left him on long-term disability, but not because he was hurt physically. what is your diagnosis? ptsd. i have ptsb. reporter: post-traumatic stress disorder was the last thing on his mind that december 13 th. officer beene off duty that day dropped everything when he heard the call for help at sandy hook.
for that. you know, you got teachers and students running out of a school. the worst possible scene you can think of, that they killed me inside. reporter: when the school was cleared, officer beene broke down in tears. and that night he drank, a lot. in the days that followed, things quickly got worse. i had to stop at the store, and that s when i realized that i was deep, deep trouble. i looked at everybody this that store like they were going to kill me. i could not get out of that store fast enough. consider describing himself in a fog, he thought about hurting himself. i was sitting there with a razor blade wanting to kill myself. i didn t want to kill myself, but i wanted to feel something.
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