The Living Wounded

The Living Wounded

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Mass shootings like the one in Las Vegas make history for the number of dead, but what about the hundreds of injured survivors? You will probably never know their names, but they’ll literally be the walking wounded — perhaps for life. Today we talk through the mental, physical and financial costs of surviving gun violence with AP reporter Sally Ho, gunshot survivor and trauma surgeon Dr. Joseph Sakran, trauma psychologist Priscilla Dass-Brailsford, reporter Elizabeth Van Brocklin and trauma outreach coordinator Scott Charles.