When tragedy struck Annunciation Catholic Church last week, and children were rushed to nearby hospitals, 10 patients landed at HCMC in downtown Minneapolis.

A team trained to show up—and show support—was at the ready.

The following day at a press conference with doctors, Larry Burgess and Rico Amos stood alongside their colleagues as they were recognized for their compassion just a day earlier when unthinkable happened during school Mass.

"I saw firsthand in this room yesterday these team members—I saw them holding hands with families and praying with them and it was just amazing," Christine Hill, media relations manager at Hennepin Healthcare, told reporters.

The group is part of Next Step, a violence intervention program designed to connect survivors of injuries like gunshot

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