ruth elizabeth whitfield, 86 years old, the eldest victim of the buffalo massacre.s killed by an 18 year old white supremacist, her and nine other pillars of our community. >> reporter: heartache is its own hill, gar nell whitfield has been climbing it every day since a gunman showed up a career ago. >> witnesses say a gunman dressed in army fatigues walked in and opened fire. >> reporter: the gunman killing ten people and injuring others in the tops market on may 14, 2022. the 19 year old killer saying he carried out the attack for the future of the white race, targeting the east side of buffalo predominately black working class neighborhood. at the same time the horror captured the nation. >> the impact of the shooting resonating throughout the country. >> reporter: cameras descended on the city. >> say shear tragedy in the city of buffalo. >> reporter: but as the months ticked on and the cameras disappeared our cameras stayed. abc followed the residents of east buffalo over the last year documenting their mourning and healing and what they want to come from this