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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. >> ...

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 sitt...

Our third story out front, ripple effects from sandy hook. it's been 11 months since children were killed. 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. >> 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. >> reporter: that was the last thing on his mind that day. he dropped everything when he heard the call for help at sandy hook. he came face-to-face with the horr...

He came face-to-face with the horror of seeing the bodies of 20 children and six adults. some kids were still trapped when he got there. >> nothing can prepare you for, 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 in that stor...