Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Army veteran Samantha Brinegar found herself on the verge of taking her own life one night when a horse intervened to stop her. In this uplifting Mutual Rescue story, Sam and her rescue horse, Joey, both learn to trust again.

Sam now works at Wiley’s Wish Animal Rescue, a safe haven for dogs, cats, horses, and other abandoned animals in Santa Clara County, California.