Kenny Mitchell Jr.

For first responders, the job doesn’t end when the shift does. The calls, the images, the responsibility all come home with you. Inside and outside the yellow tape, many carry the weight of what they’ve seen and experienced in silence. In this profession, strength has long been measured by endurance. Push through. Keep moving. Don’t let it show. Those expectations are reinforced early and rewarded often until the cost becomes impossible to ignore. The warning signs rarely appear all at once....