Over the last decade, nearly 30,000 people were shot in Chicago -- and survived.
When someone is shot, their faces and names are often unknown; their stories forgotten after the headlines fade.
For the first time, CBS News Chicago spent months embedded in the lives of shooting survivors across the city.
They reveal the unsanitized truth of the bullet's path. The human toll. The pain and destruction of the body. The grueling recovery. And their hope to endure.
In their own words, this is what it means to survive gun violence.
This project was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for their newsletters here.
