After surviving Highland Park parade mass shooting, ‘some days ... it’s just really hard to still get out of bed and go outside’

Zoe Pawelczak witnessed the mass shooting at last year’s Highland Park Fourth of July parade. She has turned to a form of therapy involving horses after being diagnosed with PTSD. (Provided)

At times, Zoe Pawelczak still finds herself being pulled back.

It’s been a year since a gunman opened fire at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade. But the sight of lawn chairs being put out for a parade can do it. So can a scene of a crowd. Or a news report of another mass shooting.