PTSD story

Mark is a 25 year old police officer in New York City . He has a wife and a 6 month old baby girl.  Monday morning Mark got up at 5:30 for his regular 7a.m. shift.  Everything was going as usual until around 11.  Mark and his partner Jack got called to a report of a domestic violence, with possible weapons and injuries.  As Mark and Jack arrived on scene they discovered the man had become violent after discovering his wife in bed with another man, the other man was on the floor unconscious and the wife had a black eye and a bloody nose.  The husband was no where to be found. Mark and Jack cleared the house and found no sign of the man.  As Mark was taking the wife's statement the husband suddenly appeared holding a large double barrel shot gun. The husband started yelling, telling his wife and her lover to get out along with Mark and Jack.  The was threatening to shoot them if they did not leave.  Mark tried to calm the man down with the tactics he had learned at the academy but the man kept yelling, moving closer and closer to Mark.  Mark told the man a crime had been committed and that Mark and Jack couldn't leave until they had gotten statements.  The man finally lost it, shooting Mark directly in the chest.  From there the man began shooting randomly, not only was Mark down but Jack was as well as the woman and her lover.   Finally the husband left, knowing backup would be on the way soon.  When backup arrived they found Mark unconscious but breathing and Jack had passed.  Mark survived but Jack, the woman and her lover weren't so lucky.  Mark left his job as an officer, never wanting to be in a situation like that again, he had a wife and baby to live for.  Mark still suffers from PTSD every time a pan drops into the sink, every time he hears someone yelling, he runs in fear for his life even tho nothing bad is going to happen to him.  Mark sees a therapist twice a week its been a year since his shooting.  He is getting better but still isn't back to his old self and probably will never be the same again.  But with therapy and a loving family who support him Mark is working on getting better and over his PTSD.