If not for two police officers performing a “scoop and run” and taking him to the Temple University trauma center, Ian would’ve died moments later. He has their names tattooed on his chest.
Sara*
Sarah (*name changed) still reels from the gun suicide of her mother and she often engages in self-destructive behavior.
Jane believes that one of the hardest parts of getting through the trauma she’s experienced as a result of domestic abuse and the suicide by gun deaths of her husband and son, is realizing that she is deserving of a better life.
During a robbery, Atiff’s nephew was shot once and was killed. Atiff was shot 15 times and survived for several months before succumbing to his injuries.
Luis will be the first to admit that he was making “grown man choices” at the age of only 14. Despite being all but paralyzed, he’s excited to provide his newborn son with the kind of positive male influence that he never experienced. He named him Prince so he’d grow up to be a king.
Despite being a nonverbal quadriplegic, Dre dances and laughs a lot - which gives his family a semblance of peace. “I’ll defend to the end that my son was in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing. He asked me, “Mom, can I please go? My friends are going.”
After being shot a number of times, Khyree typically doesn’t go outside very much.
As a chaplain at a major medical center, Eric has seen over 100 gunshot injuries. He channels his vicarious trauma into writing poetry.
“Anywhere, anytime, any way.”
When one of Erik’s parolees commit a violation, he questions what he - as an “armed social worker” - could’ve done differently.
Sandy
“My daughter was not ‘lost’ or ‘taken’ by gun violence. She was murdered in in the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, CO.”
Marilyn
Ryan, Marilyn’s son, was killed by the brother of his girlfriend. While the two families were enjoying Thanksgiving dinner, Ryan’s body was in the garage - rolled into a mattress
Mary shows the spot where she shielded her daughter when a madman opened fire at a rally for Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
Two of John’s three children were present during the mass shooting at the Noblesville West Middle School. As a former Marine who fought in combat zones, he doesn’t want his kids to experience that trauma in school.
The first time Sara was allowed to stay in the car by herself when her mother went shopping, she was car-jacked and forced on her knees before getting shot in the head,
On a New Years’ Eve many years ago, Joe was struck in the head by bullet that was shot as part of “celebratory gunfire. After undergoing multiple surgeries, the bullet remains… causing paralysis, double visions, and migraines.
Clai
On the night Clai was shot by her stepfather, her mother said “I think he’s really going to do it tonight” and then hid in the closet. Clai was 13 years olds.
Lucy
After her son Jordan was shot and killed at a gas station in Jacksonville, FL, by a man objecting to the music he was playing in his car, Lucy McBath became a fierce gun control activist. She recently ran for Congress in the GA 6th and was elected to the US House of Representatives.
Eddie
After attempting to end his life three times over the years - in part due to the childhood trauma of seeing his mother murdered, Eddie ultimately found a way to end his life.