Service dogs trained behind bars provide comfort to health care heroes

In 2020, TODAY visited a maximum security prison where inmates were raising puppies to be service dogs for veterans and first responders. Now those same dogs are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing to health care workers badly in need of it. NBC senior investigative correspondent Cynthia McFadden reports for TODAY.

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