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A year after Uvalde school shooting, a community's quest to remember and rebuild

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“20/20” documented families of victims and survivors present at Robb Elementary during the May 2022 incident. Kimberly Rubio started running three years ago, a daily routine inspired by her fitness-enthusiast mother. Now, she runs to process the pain, she says, that lingers nearly a year after a tragedy that killed one of her own daughters unfolded in her hometown of Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. "It's the only time I really let myself think about what happened that day," Kimberly Rubio told "20/20." "If there was somewhere I could go to escape this pain, I'd have already booked my flight." Kimberly Rubio is seen during a run across Uvalde, Texas, and pauses near a mural painted in tribute of her daughter Lexi on Oct. 31, 2022. ABC News Families across Uvalde shared their intimate and unimaginable journeys throughout the past year, for a special "20/20" report, documenting the long-term impacts a community faces after a mass shooting. ...