(WHTM) -- A program to help veterans with brain injuries based at Harrisburg University has caught the attention of a U.S. senator.

Chris Johnson spent 20 years in active duty and is a retired Green Beret. He's had several deployments and survived three IED incidents, but he was not unscathed.

"I was suffering from really bad headaches," said Johnson. "Of course, insomnia, a lot of cognitive issues."

Johnson's is a too-familiar story of brain trauma that too often ends in depression, even suicide, but The Aurelius Program is working to rewire brains and rewrite endings.

U.S. Senator Dave McCormick, West Point grad and retired Army officer, checked it out for himself and checked in with three participants.

"All three of them said it had been a huge improvement in their diagnosis, their

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