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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