. >> reporter: pam bosley knows the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence. her oldest son terrell would have turned 28 today. the last time they talked, guess where he was. >> he was at church. i was like, baby, be careful. he was like, ma, come on, you always worry, you always worry. i'm good. i'm good. i don't know why you're trippin'. ain't nothing going to happen to me. the next call was my baby had been shot. freshman, gunned down on his way to choir practice. terrell collapsed at the pastor's feet. the songs that once soothed pam's soul now only add to her suffering. >> i can't watch no more. that's my baby. i really don't watch the videos because he's supposed to still be here singing. >> reporter: pam's son just one of the thousands who have died here in the last ten years. chicago has one of the nation's highest murder rates. a city known to some as chi-rack because there are more deaths than casualties during the iraq war. pam and her husband built in backyard patio. >> this is the safe haven spot that i put together for terrell. >> reporter: it di

. >> reporter: it's just before 8:00 and pam bosley is already running behind. >> heavenly father we thank you for this day. >> the chicago mother of three rushing to get her 17-year-old son trai t trey not just on timt alive. it was nine years ago that pam's oldest son terrell was shot and killed right before band practice. terrell was outside a church helping his friend unload his drums from the car. whenstewhen terrell was shot. pam things got so bad for her she tried to take her life not only once but twice. >> no mother should ever have to bury their child. >> then pam had a realization, she wanted to live and she wanted to make a difference. she left a 20 year career in banking to start purpose over pain, a support group for parents who lost children to gun violence. pam now works at st. sabinas catholic church, a fixture on chicago's south side a part of the city locals call chiraq. pam is the violence prevention manager at the arc a community center run by the church. before each workday pam stops at the church's memorial wall dedicated to victims of gun violence. >> to make

pam bosley home hopes so. >> i'm glad the president is making an executive decision to save lives, for us, to southern california there won't be any more--so there won't be any more terrells. >> we have more of an in-depth look at gun ownership and gun violence in this country. >>> a soldier was killed in afghanistan today. they were taking part in a joint afghan operation to push back recent taliban advances. the taliban forces had been trying to retake helmand, province. the group claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in kabul monday which could complicate the peace talks that are scheduled for next week. eye lies are lining up saudi arabia in its dispute with iran. bahrain and sudan cut diplomatic ties with the country after protesters ransacked the embassy in tehran. andrew simmons reports. unfortunately, we don't have that piece right now. grim discovery at the coast of turkey. the bodies of three dozen refugees were recovered today. like so many before them. trying to reach greece in search of a better life. jonah hull has more and this warning some of the images are distu