Veronica's mother, Ashley, faces a long recovery after being paralyzed in her lower body and miscarrying after the shooting.

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Hansen's niece, Ashley Moser, faces a long recovery after being paralyzed in her lower half and miscarrying after the shooting.

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One patient the institute helped is 36-year-old Chicago resident Gernard Fulton, who was paralyzed from the neck down last October after being hit by a stray bullet during a nightclub fight.

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After 12 weeks, "people are usually past the stage of being stunned and paralyzed by the loss, " she said.

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