One bullet remains wedged behind his left knee. A second blew clean through the side of his right leg, somehow missing bones and arteries. Giberti says he also took shrapnel in both legs, as bowling balls and machinery exploded around him.

Despite having surgery, and then treatment for a subsequent infection, Giberti looked spritely as he walked around greeting friends at a concert in Lewiston this month that was organized by local musician Ken Goodman to raise money for the two businesses.

How is Giberti even walking?

“It’s amazing. I can’t tell you why,” he says. “I’ve seen what it did to the machinery. I’ve seen what it did to others. I don’t know. My legs should have been blown right off. Either one of them.”

Giberti says it took him a few visits before he could bring himself to go back to the area where he was shot. Now, he can’t wait for the reopening.

“I’m really excited for it,” Giberti says. “It’s going to be huge for the community.”