Marquis McCollough laughs pulling his mother Jawana McCray’s hand from playing with his hair as they take a victory lap through the trauma center at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray embraces Tasha Litton and Emma Blinn as Hayden Dunn waits his turn at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray embraces trauma nurse Tasha Litton at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap through the trauma center at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Marquis McCollough takes with the staff as he takes a victory lap at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray laughs with nurse Hayden Dunn at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap through the trauma center at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Marquis McCollough talks about the Dallas Cowboys with Dr. Antonio Pepe, trauma medical director, at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
“Do me a favor. Don’t every come back here as a patient. We want to see you happy and healthy, bud. We didn’t know if he was going to make it. This kid has the tenacity of no other and determination of no other,” Tasha Litton clenches her hands as she tells Marquis McCollough about the love the nursing staff feels for him at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough gets ready to take a victory lap through the trauma center and operating room at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Marquis McCollough is ready to walk through the emergency department doors to take a victory lap through the trauma center at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After seeing and laughing with Marquis McCollough, his trauma nurses gather for a group hug at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. The nurses are, from left, Tasha Litton, Hayden Dunn and Emma Blinn. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Annie Bowers (right), an EMT with Georgetown County, talks about the night in 2022 she responded to call gunshot wound call in Andrews. Marquis McCollough survived and is healing as he takes a victory lap at at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray talks with nurse Hayden Dunn at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray knows Marquis McCollough is getting ready to make nurses Emma Blinn and Hayden Dunn laugh during a victory lap at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray pushes her son Marquis McCollough into one of the trauma bays at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Marquis McCollough gets a hug and an update on a reduced squirrel from nurse Hayden Dunn at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray embraces nurse Madison Payne at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap through the trauma center beginning in the emergency department at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap through the trauma center beginning in the emergency department at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
“I just want to squeeze you,” nurse Madison Payne says as she embraces a standing Marquis McCollough in a victory lap at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
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Jawana McCray embraces trauma nurse Tasha Litton at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap through the trauma center at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap through the trauma center at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
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Marquis McCollough talks about the Dallas Cowboys with Dr. Antonio Pepe, trauma medical director, at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
“Do me a favor. Don’t every come back here as a patient. We want to see you happy and healthy, bud. We didn’t know if he was going to make it. This kid has the tenacity of no other and determination of no other,” Tasha Litton clenches her hands as she tells Marquis McCollough about the love the nursing staff feels for him at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough gets ready to take a victory lap through the trauma center and operating room at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Marquis McCollough is ready to walk through the emergency department doors to take a victory lap through the trauma center at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After seeing and laughing with Marquis McCollough, his trauma nurses gather for a group hug at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. The nurses are, from left, Tasha Litton, Hayden Dunn and Emma Blinn. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Annie Bowers (right), an EMT with Georgetown County, talks about the night in 2022 she responded to call gunshot wound call in Andrews. Marquis McCollough survived and is healing as he takes a victory lap at at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray talks with nurse Hayden Dunn at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray knows Marquis McCollough is getting ready to make nurses Emma Blinn and Hayden Dunn laugh during a victory lap at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray pushes her son Marquis McCollough into one of the trauma bays at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Marquis McCollough gets a hug and an update on a reduced squirrel from nurse Hayden Dunn at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Jawana McCray embraces nurse Madison Payne at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap through the trauma center beginning in the emergency department at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
After more than a year since he was shot in the head and died twice, Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap through the trauma center beginning in the emergency department at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
Marquis McCollough takes a victory lap at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
“I just want to squeeze you,” nurse Madison Payne says as she embraces a standing Marquis McCollough in a victory lap at Grand Strand Medical Center on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Photo by Janet Morgan / janet.morgan@myhorrynews.com
- Janet Morgan
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鈥淭his kid worked so hard. He gave us a run for our money, but he showed up. His family is probably one of the most supportive families I have ever seen.鈥
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