FILE – Jonathan Annicks poses for a portrait with his wheelchair in front of his home in Chicago on Oct. 13, 2016, just a few feet from where a lone gunman shot him, leaving him paralyzed sitting in his brother’s parked car. Six years later Annicks has received a bachelor’s degree in communications and media and has become a part-time peer advisor for patients at the same rehabilitation hospital where he was a patient.
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FILE – Jonathan Annicks sits in his wheelchair on June 13, 2016, and recalls the events that left him paralyzed by a lone gunman outside the family home in Chicago. Six years later Annicks has received a bachelor’s degree in communications and media and has become a part-time peer advisor for patients at the same rehabilitation hospital where he was a patient.
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FILE – Jonathan Annicks works on a technique in getting back into his wheelchair with the help from physical therapist Kat Lowery in Chicago on Oct. 8, 2016. Six years later Annicks has received a bachelor’s degree in communications and media and has become a part-time peer advisor for patients at the same rehabilitation hospital where he was a patient.
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FILE – Jonathan Annicks’ brother Joshua carries him to the family car for the ride to Jonathan’s high school graduation in Chicago on June 13, 2016. Six years later Annicks has received a bachelor’s degree in communications and media and has become a part-time peer advisor for patients at the same rehabilitation hospital where he was a patient.
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Jonathan Annicks and his mother Herlinda pose outside their home for a portrait wearing their cap and gowns just a few feet from where Jonathan was shot and paralyzed over six year-ago, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Chicago. Both graduated on Sunday, June 12 from DePaul University were Jonathan received his bachelor’s degree in communications and media and Herlinda a Masters of Business Administration.
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Jonathan Annicks, a part-time peer mentor for patients with spinal cord injuries at Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, listens to a patient Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Chicago. Once a patient himself at the hospital, Annicks has mentored plenty of patients at the hospital who don’t have the kind of support from their families like he did. “I’m privileged,” he said. “And I’m grateful, because I didn’t get good at living this way by myself.”
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Jonathan Annicks, right, a part-time peer mentor for patients with spinal cord injuries at Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, leads Cesar Romero out to Annick’s car to teach him how to get in and out of a car and dismantle a wheel chair for driving Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Chicago. “If he can do it, I can do it,” said Romero, a 45-year-old Chicagoan who worked construction until he was shot and paralyzed last year while on his way to a grocery store.
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Jonathan Annicks, left, a part-time peer mentor for patients with spinal cord injuries at Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, demonstrates to Cesar Romero how to get in and out of a car and dismantle a wheel chair for driving Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Chicago. “If he can do it, I can do it,” said Romero, a 45-year-old Chicagoan who worked construction until he was shot and paralyzed last year while on his way to a grocery store.
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Jonathan Annicks, a part-time peer mentor for patients with spinal cord injuries at Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital where he recovered from his gunshot wounds, wheels past a photo of himself as he goes to visit a patient Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Chicago. Annicks has mentored plenty of patients at the hospital who don’t have the support he did from their families. “I’m privileged,” he said. “And I’m grateful, because…