Using his story to change the narrative on gun violence

By
Saralyn Cruickshank

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Published

May 25, 2022

When he was 17, a .38 caliber bullet changed the way Joseph Sakran's life would unfold.

While hanging out at a playground following a high school football game, Sakran was struck by a stray bullet fired by a group of teenagers who had been fighting nearby.

Image credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine

"I went from being this healthy high school teenager to collateral damage," Sakran says. "And I was one of the lucky ones, even though I was left with a carotid . . .