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>>> AND AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S JULY 4TH EVENTS, PARIS.

>> Reporter: BRANDON, RESILIENT AND UNIFIED, THOSE ARE WORDS TO COME TO MIND TO DESCRIBE HIGHLAND PARK AND RECENTLY I SAT DOWN WITH NANCY ROTERING AND 1 YEAR ON THIS TRAGEDY.

>> MY COMMUNITY IS STILL VERY MUCH GRIEVING, STILL UNSETTLED, STILL WORKING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT NO COMMUNITY SHOULD EVER HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.

>> Reporter: WHEN YOU ARE SAYING YOUR COMMUNITY IS STILL GRIEVING, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

>> PEOPLE STILL GET CHOKED UP UNEXPECTEDLY.

PEOPLE ARE STILL SHARING THEIR STORIES.

IN THE CASE OF SEVEN FAMILIES MISSING LOVED ONES ON BIRTHDAYS AND HOLIDAYS.

SO MANY WORKING TO RECOVER FROM PHYSICAL WOUNDS.

THESE ARE COMPLEX AND DEVASTATING WOUNDS THAT COME FROM THESE WEAPONS AND LITERALLY THOUSANDS WHO STILL TALK ABOUT THE TRAUMA, THE FEAR OF THAT DAY AND AS WE APPROACH JULY 4TH THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY EMOTIONS ARE RAMPING UP AGAIN.

PEOPLE ARE RELIVE WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED.

IT'S NEVER ENDING.

>> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL ANY PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE ENSUING YEAR?

THERE IS THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN IN ILLINOIS.

>> I WILL BE HONEST, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN STRONG SECOND AMENDMENT SUPPORTERS, GAMES FOLKS, PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO HUNT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS SITUATION, THEY ARE -- A LOT OF THEM AGREEING THAT THIS IS TOO MUCH.

AT A CERTAIN POINT I HEARD THE MUSIC STOP AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE DRUM LINE, AND IT ONLY TOOK 4 DAYS FOR ME TO REALIZE THAT I WAS ACTUALLY HEARING THE SHOOTING.

BUT AT THE TIME I TURNED TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAID I WONDER WHY THEY ARE ONLY DOING PERCUSSION.

THIS IS THE PINNACLE OF THE PARADE RIGHT NOW AND WITHIN SECONDS I SAW THE SWIRL OF BLUE SHIRTS AND KHAKI PANTS RUNNING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES.

>> Reporter: WHAT'S YOUR IMMEDIATE THOUGHT PROCESS WHEN YOU START SEEING THOSE PEOPLE RUN.

IT DOESN'T HIT YOU RIGHT AWAY.

>> YEAH.

IT WAS THEY WERE LATE FOR A PARADE.

I WAS WONDERING WHY THEY WERE RUNNING DOWN TO THE PICNIC, BUT THAT'S NOT WHY THEY WERE RUNNING.

THEY WERE RUNNING TO GET OUT OF THE HOT ZONE.

>> .

>> Reporter: THIS IS A DIFFERENT EVENT.

HOW IS IT GOING TO BE.

>> WE ARE REMEMBERING THE LIVES LOST AND SPENDING TIME TOGETHER REFLECTING AND BEING TOGETHER AS WE REMEMBER THE VERY TRAGIC PART OF WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THEN SEVERAL PEOPLE WANTED A PARADE, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY SAID IT'S TOO SOON FOR A PARADE, BUT EVIL DOESN'T WIN.

WE ARE WALKING DOWN THE EXACT PARADE TOGETHER.

AND AS A COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER, HAVE A PICNIC, HAVE MUSIC, HAVE SOME TIME TOGETHER.

AND THEN IN THE EVENING WE ARE SO FORTUNATE THAT GARY SENICE IS BRINGING THE CELEBRATION OF THE 4TH OF JULY BACK TO HIGHLAND PARK.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THE CERT MEMBERS TOLD US, IS IT BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.

HAS IT BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY CLOSER TOGETHER.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, BUT A LARGE PART OF THE REGION TOGETHER.

I THINK IT'S VITAL FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THE DEPTH OF THIS KIND OF PAIN AND TRAUMA IS REALLY INDESCRIBABLY.

AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE WERE SHOOTING NUMBER 309 OUT OF 647 MASS SHOOTINGS LAST YEAR.

THINK ABOUT OUR DATA POINT AND THE RIPPLE EFFECT ON THIS COMMUNITY AND MULTIPLY THAT ACROSS HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. FOR 1 YEAR, WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM.

>> Reporter: OUR VIZ RIT SIT WITH HIGHLAND MARK MAYOR, AND IT STARTS AT 10:00 A.M. A COMMEMORATION CEREMONY AND 10:14 A MOMENT OF SILENCE ON