“It Makes Me Happy to Be Alive”

The Incredible Real Story of a Kid Shot By a Friend for a Gang Initiation

“It makes me happy to be alive. I’m so grateful for everything. I just look at what I’ve got, I don’t look at what I don’t have. I look at what I have.” -Ross Capicchioni

Below is a 15-minute mini-documentary (two parts) about skater Ross Capicchioni being shot three times with a shotgun—by a friend, as part of a gang initiation. His resilience and attitude are remarkable.

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