Daily News | Survivors of South Street shooting face months of physical and emotional recovery
For survivors of the South Street shooting, the night comes back in flashes: A night with friends. Men fighting. Gunfire. Running. Pain.
Three people died during the melee, including two bystanders. But those who survived now face potentially months of recovery and trauma, the scenes of that night — running for their lives, then a bullet piercing their skin — replaying in their heads. The family lives in Yeadon. On Tuesday, Umahiya laid on the couch under a fleece blanket, her left leg swollen and knee wrapped in gauze. She struggles to sleep through the pain, and is unable to walk, her mom helping her with everything from getting to the bathroom to going to bed.new job to care for her, and in two weeks, they’ll return to the hospital to see if she needs surgery.
Many of the people injured were young; six were teens. Another 17-year-old struck in the shoulder is home recovering, his mother said, trying to prepare for his high school graduation next week.
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