GRAND BLANC, MICHIGAN — Nearly 10 weeks after a mass shooting and fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse killed four people and injured eight, one of the wounded finally came home from the hospital.
Benjamin Phelps was discharged on Friday to the cheers of family, friends and ward members after being shot in the abdomen during the Sept. 28 attack and enduring 25 subsequent surgeries.
“About 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning, you’re in pain, you’re feeling sick — there’s some pretty dark times, and so you really had to grab onto something,” Phelps said Monday during an interview with KSL TV.
Phelps described a recovery journey filled with determination and faith in which he accepted every prayer and blessing that was offered…