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.
After being shot a number of times, Khyree typically doesn’t go outside very much.
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.
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.”
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 Eric’s parolees commit a violation, he questions what he - as an “armed social worker” - could’ve done differently.
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.