A shooting is covered by the media and we generally follow a series of public rituals: An urgent (and often errant) race for the facts. A counting of the dead. A close following of law enforcement’s efforts. A series of heated political debates. But here’s something we don’t like to focus on: The wounded. They are an important part of the story, but for obvious reasons, we tend to look away. Let’s change that with Eli Saslow’s WaPo piece: A Survivor’s Life. “She had been the youngest one shot on just her fourth day of college, and she was also one of the survivors in the worst shape: Lung punctured. Kidney pierced. Ribs cracked. Nerves compressed. Stomach stapled. Abdominals torn.” (And as you might imagine, she was called “Very lucky, considering…”)

+ “From 2001 to 2013, 1,367 men in military service suffered wounds to the genitals in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense Trauma Registry.” If we’re gonna talk about war, let’s talk about war: Penis Transplants Being Planned to Help Wounded Troops.