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Las Vegas shooting survivors share stories behind tattoos

Updated September 30, 2018 - 3:23 pm

Bullets rained down into the Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1, 2017.

The suffering that followed was visceral and visible for many; for others it was equally intense, but invisible to the naked eye.

Some survivors chose tattoos as a permanent mark of a moment that changed everything, using symbolism and their bodies as a way to process their experience and emotions.

Their tattoos are indelible, and so are their stories.

Click here to see the tattoos and read the stories.

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