Gun violence weighs on Chicago’s conscience.

On any given day, there can be as many as a dozen shootings. They happen outside Citgo gas stations on Washington Boulevard, or blocks away from the schools near 51st street. People are shot in cars and on the stoops of their brick-laced three-flats.

But after gun violence, life is more common than death. Of the more than 30,000 people who have been shot in the city in the past decade, 5 in 6 survived. Most victims are Black and Latinx. More than half are barely on the cusp of adulthood.

The trauma of surviving can last a lifetime, and is never exclusive to a single person's mental and physical recovery. Each incident has a ripple effect that extends to dozens: From the first responders, to witnesses, fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers — not to mention the nearby businesses.

Together, they form a loose community, left to cope with PTSD, chronic pain, and grief.