Las Vegas shooting survivors share stories behind tattoos
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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.