(CNN) -- Pen Farthing, who founded a nonprofit that reunites soldiers at home with stray dogs
and
cats they took in during combat, has been named the 2014 CNN Hero of the Year.
...
"Wow, I am absolutely at a loss for words," Farthing said Tuesday as he accepted the award. "This is
absolutely amazing. I would really like to thank everybody who voted for the
Nowzadcharity and what
we do in Afghanistan and believing in us. And I would also like to thank all the other heroes in this room
for doing what they do to make this world an absolute better place. Thank you guys for doing what you
do. Thank you."
