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‘Best therapy sessions on the planet’ | Connecticut's disabled veterans can cast lines again

Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021

Fox 61 News
Author: Jim Altman

Published: September 21, 2021

DANBURY, Conn. — It was a good day to be out on Candlewood Lake on Tuesday as a fishing tournament meant to support Connecticut’s servicemen and women returned after a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Disabled Veterans Fishing Tournament – which is put on by the Gaylord Hospital’s Sports Association, the Connecticut Bass Nation and the Mayor Steven Roy Andrews Fishing Outreach Program – made its triumphant return, giving disabled veterans a day out in the water for fishing and comradery.

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