Trauma survivors honored at GW University Hospital NBC4 Washington [Video]

This time last year, no one thought Brandon Davis would survive.

“I almost died multiple times,” he said. “They even told my family, ‘he’s not going to make it.’”

In September of 2023, the 33-year-old was visiting D.C. from Pennsylvania to see if he could donate a kidney to a friend when tragedy struck.

“I was walking to the store and got shot,” Davis said. “It ricocheted and tore up everything.”

He spent the next six months in the hospital in critical condition.

“My stomach was open the whole time,” He said. “The skin had to slowly grow back.”

His doctors ended up removing several of his organs, including a kidney. He was unable to donate to his friend.

On Wednesday, 14 months after Davis was shot, he and five others were honored by George Washington University Hospital during its 13th annual Trauma Survivors’ Day.

It’s an opportunity for patients …