https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/06/airport-therapy-animals-help-ease-tension-panic-frustration/

Vinca Rivera had made it through traffic from her home in Larkspur to San Francisco International Airport, checked her bags and given her mom several hugs of assurance. Next stop on her journey to Cape Town, South Africa, and month-long study abroad program was the security check-in.

The anxiety, something she always wrestles with when flying, was starting to rise. That’s when she saw Brixton, a 9-year-old English retriever that today was wearing an airline captain’s cap, aviator sunglasses and a fetching tie.