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AFTER WEEKS OF REHAB A GUN
STORE CLERK SHOT IN THE CHEST
NEARLY TWO MONTHS AGO IS NEARLY
ROUTINE.
THAT ROUTINE WOULD MEAN A RETURN
TO THE GUN STORE.
HE SPOKE WITH BEN CHANCE
ABOUT LIFE NOW AND HIS PLANS FOR
THE FUTURE.
TERESA?
THE 42-YEAR-OLD PLANS TO GO
WEEK.
IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK FOR
HIM TO GET TO THIS POINT.
ROAD.
DAY.
THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES
BY THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.
IT'S A SERIOUS SITUATION AND I
AM LUCKY TO BE HERE.
WHEN HE WAKES UP THESE DAYS
IT IS OFF TO PHYSICAL THERAPY.
HE WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST WHEN HE
WAS CHECKING OUT A CUSTOMER BACK
IN SEPTEMBER.
26-YEAR-OLD.
I HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE WAY
THINGS WERE THERE THERE WAS ME
BEFORE AND THERE IS ME AFTER.
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE.
HE HAS ALREADY COME A LONG
WAY FROM THE MAN WE MET IN A
HOSPITAL BED.
JUST DAYS AFTER HE WAS SHOT.
HOSPITAL.
WITHOUT THEM I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
STRONGER.
ARM.
THE RECOVERY IS MORE THAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL.
I WANTED TO WRITE A LETTER TO
THE FAMILY.
ONE.
HE HAS HAD A LITTLE HELP IN
THE RECOVERY PROCESS.
HE WAS LOOKING FOR A HOME ON
INDY ONE MORNING.
HE WAS PRETTY DEPRESSED THAT
MORNING WHEN HE SAW THE DOG HE
LIT UP.
I GOT A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE
ADOPTION.
A SECOND CHANCE FOR A MAN AND
THE FAMILY.
MADE ME APPRECIATE LIFE A LOT
MORE.
WE TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED.
A COUPLE TIMES HE TELLS US HE
SAYS HE WAS A BIT JUMPY AND
NERVOUS AT FIRST AND HE IS READY
TO GET BACK FULL-TIME.
BEN STILL NEEDS TO BE CLEARED
BY ANOTHER DOCTOR TO GET THE
OFFICIAL OKAY.
HIS GOAL BLACK FRIDAY.
THIS COMING FRIDAY.
HE IS HOPING FOR THIS FRIDAY.
JUST A TROOPER HE SAYS HE'S
REALLY WORKED HARD.
ONLY TWO MONTHS AGO HE WAS LYING