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Thankful, Healing
A week after being flown to Methodist by LifeFlight
because he was shot at point blank range with a
a shotgun, the victim's hand and arm are still
intact and seem to be responding to the reconstructive
surgery. It will be months before the pins and steel
rods are removed from his arm, followed by many more
months of physical therapy. If not for the helicopter's
quick flight time of minutes, instead of an ambulance ride
of several hours, to the advanced trauma center at
Methodist Hospital, he may have lost his life.
Photographed for The Associated Press