Anthony Borges is the Latino hero who saved lives in the Parkland Shooting and unfortunately will remain scarred for the remainder of his life. In addition to the scars on his body, Borges also wears a colostomy bag.

In his account as published on New York, Borges notes:

I was in the hospital for like two months. I wasn’t bored – the pain wouldn’t

let me get distracted. It was all over my body, not just where I’d been shot.

Imagine that somebody stabbed you with a knife and wouldn’t take it out,

would just push it in.

The physical therapy is helping a lot. A lot of the exercises are like the things

you do before a soccer game. Still, I can’t feel my left foot. I’ve gotten

skinnier, and when I stand up, I have trouble breathing. The goal is just to

be able to move my entire body normally. I can’t run, and I want to run. I’m

doing homeschooling now. I’m not sure when I’ll go back to school. I don’t

want to; I don’t feel safe. I don’t talk about it with anybody — I get really

upset. I can’t talk about it with my friends. I did what I had to do – that’s

why I don’t like being called a hero. I want people to remember what

happened as a miracle, from God.

Shot five times, Borges was one of the people who survived the shooting, yet his body was nonetheless transformed for the rest of his life. As noted in his account, Borges is homeschooled and does not feel safe in a school environment. He provides several metaphors and powerful imagery. He is not only physically scarred, but also mentally scarred. His body is not only in pain the areas he was shot, but also throughout: from head to toe as though he were being stabbed with a knife that does not retract but that continues to be pushed further and further into his body.