THREAD: In all the darkness of Oct. 1, 2017, there was light.
One year after the #1October attack at the Route 91 Harvest festival on the Las Vegas Strip, here are 91 stories of heroism, helping, healing and hope. #VegasStronger
#1October Heroes:
Police Sgt. Greg White from Carlsbad, California, used the pocket knife he always carries with him to cut an opening in a fence to help his wife, friends and about 400 strangers escape from the Route 91 festival grounds→rjnews.is/2QkZBa8
#VegasStronger
#1October Heroes:
Some wounded victims at University Medical Center elected to wait for treatment so others — mostly strangers — could be operated on first→bit.ly/2gYLjwB
#VegasStronger
#1October Heroes:
Sue Ann Cornwell shielded Miriam Lujan and her pregnant belly from the gunfire and, five months later, met the baby boy she helped save→rjnews.is/2QmXWAN
#VegasStronger
#1October Heroes:
@RTCSNV bus driver Antonio McLandau, on the job for less than two months, transformed his bus into an oversized ambulance, ferrying about 30 people with gunshot wounds to Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center→rjnews.is/2zBSSEd
#VegasStronger
@RTCSNV #1October Heroes:
Karen Berney and Barbara Godron used the red pickup truck in which they drove to the Route 91 festival to whisk away more than a dozen strangers, some of them wounded, from the festival grounds as gunshots were going off→rjnews.is/2Qjm0Vd
#VegasStronger
@RTCSNV #1October Heroes:
Marine veteran Taylor Winston stole a pickup truck near the Route 91 festival grounds to drive about a dozen victims to Desert Springs hospital in two trips→rjnews.is/2gpFhod
#VegasStronger
@RTCSNV #1October Heroes:
Three weeks removed from a nine-month tour of duty in Iraq, Route 91 concertgoer Colin Donohue put his military training and experience to work to help as many people as he could→rjnews.is/2QgRPxG
#VegasStronger
@RTCSNV #1October Heroes:
Six British soldiers enjoying a night off in Vegas after an intense six weeks of training in California jumped into action when they realized a mass shooting was unfolding, each helping several wounded people→rjnews.is/2giNhHH
#VegasStronger
@RTCSNV #1October Heroes:
@ClarkCountyNV traffic systems technician Raymond Page loaded injured people into his work truck and drove them to the hospital before ambulances were allowed near the concert venue→rjnews.is/2QjxdoL
#VegasStronger
#1October Heroes:
@LVMPD officer Casey Clarkson directed Route 91 concertgoers to safety before seeking medical attention for the bullet wound to his neck→rjnews.is/2ggZyMH
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD #1October Heroes:
As soon as she made it out of the festival, off-duty air traffic controller Christina Stewart warned @LASairport to keep planes away from its west side, where fleeing concertgoers had breached a fence & ran onto runways→rjnews.is/2hEoEoQ
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport #1October Heroes:
@LVMPD officers Meghan Kraut and Andrew Krnjeu worked to “kill the lights” on the Route 91 festival grounds by unplugging lamps and tipping over anything that illuminated audience members as they hid or tried to escape→rjnews.is/2Qp49wd
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport #1October Heroes:
@NHPSouthernComm trooper Travis Smaka escorted a group of good Samaritans through traffic as they raced to the hospital with a bloodied family of three in the bed of their pickup→rjnews.is/2QjEZyX
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm #1October Helpers:
After escaping the festival grounds, off-duty @LVMPD officer Michael Amburgey ran along the I-15, recruiting other drivers to get out of their vehicles and form a human chain to open a lane for emergency vehicles→rjnews.is/2QhbWvG
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm #1October Helpers:
In the hours after the Route 91 Harvest festival attack, lines of people snaked around local donation centers as people waited hours to give blood→rjnews.is/2yXMqTC
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm #1October Helpers:
@Zappos raised $2.7M for Route 91 survivors and helped pay funeral expenses for a number of those killed in the shooting→rjnews.is/2Ad1u12
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos #1October Helpers:
J.H. Williams III and Wendy Wright-Williams created “Where We Live,” a 300-page anthology comic book about the shooting that raised more than $100K for the victims and their families→rjnews.is/2QlnqOR
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos #1October Helpers:
Downtown Las Vegas music studio and record store owner Ronald Corso invited select artists into his studio to record covers of country songs for a compilation record benefiting Route 91 survivors→rjnews.is/2xnme8K
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos #1October Helpers:
Ron Moore Jr., an Ohio-based artist, dedicated nearly 175 hours of his free time to draw black-and-white portraits of each of the 58 victims→rjnews.is/2zFpegW
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos #1October Helpers:
A group of survivors banded together to create Route91Strong, a fund for survivors and victims that delivered its first checks in February→rjnews.is/2QlgXDC
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos #1October Helpers:
Survivors from Colorado and Las Vegas raised $40K to fund gift baskets for Oct. 1 first responders, dropping the care packages off at hospitals around the valley→rjnews.is/2yPrG3b
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos #1October Helpers:
Members of the Las Vegas Modern Quilt Guild banded together to create more than 250 handmade quilts for Oct. 1 survivors and victims’ families→rjnews.is/2QmC8p0
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos #1October Helpers:
@Uber offered free rides on Oct. 2 for people who needed to visit hospitals, reach the family reunification center or donate blood→rjnews.is/2QmIlkz
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber #1October Helpers:
Local bands @TheKillers and @ImagineDragons joined @Cirque performers and other artists for a benefit concert at @TMobileArena that brought in more than $700K for victims→rjnews.is/2DZKA85
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena #1October Helpers:
Several DJs who headline on the Las Vegas Strip teamed up for an Oct. 1 benefit concert, and one of them, @Tiesto, donated $200K of his own money to the cause→rjnews.is/2yXd5jF
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto #1October Helpers:
@CelineDion donated the proceeds from her first performance after the attack to Route 91 victims and families→rjnews.is/2QhySLw
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion #1October Helpers:
@Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson and several hundred rock fans held an auction and raised more than $10K for the Firefighters of Southern Nevada Burn Foundation→rjnews.is/2gnjkGm
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth #1October Helpers:
@GoldenKnights & @NHL made a joint $300K donation to victims through the team’s Golden Knights Foundation, and players also made a number of public appearances in the days after Oct. 1, including a visit to @LVMPD HQ→rjnews.is/2xdXWhi
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL #1October Helpers:
@DanaWhite gave out more than 1,500 free tickets to local first responders for @UFC 216 on Oct. 7, the first major sporting event on the Las Vegas Strip after the attack→rjnews.is/2gkYUOr
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc #1October Helpers:
@Raiders owner Mark Davis arranged to fly about 30 firefighters, police officers and dispatchers from Las Vegas to the Raiders-Los Angeles @Chargers game in Oakland two weeks after the Route 91 shooting→rjnews.is/2ymkb4i
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers #1October Helpers:
@UNLV’s Barrick Museum hosted an installation by artist Mary Corey March that commemorated the Route 91 tragedy by allowing visitors to add hand-dyed yarn and statements of identity and experiences to a larger piece→rjnews.is/2QnK9df
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Five local graffiti artists worked together for 17 straight hours to complete a wall “for the angels,” a 200-foot-long mural in Summerlin that honors the 58 people killed in the Route 91 shooting→rjnews.is/2h65eK4
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Students at Green Valley High School raised about $60K by selling custom #VegasStrong T-shirts to more than 130 schools across Clark County→rjnews.is/2i4JWvQ
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Students and staff at a Mesquite middle school raised more than $4,500 for the families of three Las Vegas shooting victims who worked in education→rjnews.is/2znDKpJ
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Las Vegas resident Ken Beck created handmade #VegasStrong plaques, cut into the shape of Nevada, that raised about $18K for Route 91 victims→rjnews.is/2AwHCcQ
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Thousands of cards, signed banners and other messages of support from around the world were sent to Las Vegas City Hall in the months after the Route 91 shooting→rjnews.is/2py5Y1i
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Just in time for the holidays, a group of Route 91 survivors organized the collection of money and gifts for victims and their families→rjnews.is/2jtO8qP
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Shooting survivor Bart Godinez, who owns Down N Dirty Hat Co., designed a special Route 91 cowboy hat ahead of the holiday season, then gifted the proceeds to Natalie Grumet, a fellow survivor who was shot in the face→rjnews.is/2CphGN8
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Several local tattoo shops designed their own Route 91 and #VegasStrong tattoos and donated the proceeds to victims→rjnews.is/2xp5qyi
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and the State Bar of Nevada offered free legal services to Oct. 1 victims for issues like guardianship, debt relief and employment→rjnews.is/2yXRVlg
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv #1October Helpers:
Tennessee @Titans running back and Las Vegas native @DeMarcoMurray donated $50K in the wake of the Route 91 attack, half to victims and the other half to @LVMPD→rjnews.is/2wHpKpS
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray #1October Helpers:
Las Vegas hotels and resorts provided free stays for Route 91 shooting victims and families→rjnews.is/2QhTLWI
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray #1October Helpers:
Miracle Flights, an organization that covers plane tickets for sick children and adults who require out-of-state medical care, expanded its services after Oct. 1 to include shooting victims and relatives→rjnews.is/2zwnPqn
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray #1October Helpers:
@Allegiant provided free flights to family members of people killed or wounded in the Route 91 attack→rjnews.is/2xbg3EG
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant #1October Helpers:
Local restaurants banded together to help feed victims, their families and first responders at area hospitals and medical centers→rjnews.is/2g8KReJ
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant #1October Helpers:
More than 80 Las Vegas Valley businesses either offered free services or pledged to donate proceeds to Route 91 victims→rjnews.is/2Qq0tu9
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant #1October Healers:
The family of Las Vegas shooting victim Neysa Tonks established a college scholarship in her name for the children of those killed in the Route 91 attack→rjnews.is/2NTAle4
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant #1October Healers:
Retired carpenter Greg Zanis made 58 wooden crosses and drove them here from Illinois to create a memorial near the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign→rjnews.is/2xpfRBH
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant #1October Healers:
Steve Round eventually ended up keeping watch over the Strip memorial, where mourners gathered to pay their respects and leave photos, notes and personal items on the wooden crosses→rjnews.is/2z07mtm
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant #1October Healers:
An idea from locals Daniel Perez and Jay Pleggenkuhle turned into the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, as businesses donated materials and volunteers worked to create the space in just 3 days→rjnews.is/2xjVENJ
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant #1October Healers:
Andre King became the healing garden’s volunteer caretaker, spending 8 hours a day offering people a snack or a laugh while picking up litter and watching over the memorials→rjnews.is/2zzopUc
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant #1October Healers:
After a delicate, three-hour brain surgery the night of Oct. 1, shooting victim Tina Frost, 27, underwent several more operations in Baltimore before finally returning home to San Diego in August→rjnews.is/2NfnJJ6
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant #1October Healers:
@UMCSN surgeon Timothy Dickhudt had an operating room reunion with an old neighbor from St. Paul, Minnesota, when the man was brought in for surgery after being shot in the back at Route 91→rjnews.is/2zlKAfy
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN #1October Healers:
Off-duty paramedic Benjamin Kole and his on-duty EMT daughter, Rachel, found each other in the Route 91 chaos and worked together to save people→rjnews.is/2NTK9Vq
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN #1October Healers:
Nurse Dana Rushing and her son, Owen Searcy, ushered people under the main stage and tended to their wounds, far from the festival medical tent→rjnews.is/2xT141T
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN #1October Healers:
@SunriseLasVegas nurse Lorisa Loy, who was at the festival with her daughter, spent hours loading wounded concertgoers into a stranger’s pickup and tending to them during several rides to nearby hospitals→rjnews.is/2zoDg5Z
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas #1October Healers:
Within 45min. of the shooting, crisis-trained volunteers w/ @tipoflasvegas descended on the scene & area hospitals, offering emotional care and practical support to families of victims that night and in the weeks to come→rjnews.is/2zkvaZ9
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas #1October Healers:
About 200 @ClarkCountySch psychologists, nurses, counselors and social workers responded in the early hours of Oct. 2 and assisted local authorities, survivors and the families of victims through the next several days→rjnews.is/2zdPxrK
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch #1October Healers:
After the attack, a group of survivors from other mass shootings traveled to Las Vegas to comfort Route 91 survivors→rjnews.is/2NcRMRT
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch #1October Healers:
Several organizations offered free counseling in the wake of the Route 91 shooting→rjnews.is/2h5cm9l
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch #1October Healers:
A long-term resource center for Route 91 victims and families opened within a month of the Oct. 1 attack and later secured enough funding to stay open for at least two more years as it seeks to become a permanent fixture→rjnews.is/2zu9SZ8
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch #1October Healers:
The friends and family of Quinton Robbins remembered him with a giant “Q” made of rocks on the hillside next to Basic High School’s “B” in the River Mountains east of Henderson→rjnews.is/2gZs85A
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch #1October Healers:
The local branch of CSC Security named its training center in honor of employee Erick Silva, who died in the Route 91 shooting→rjnews.is/2CdzR9h
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch #1October Healers:
Country singer @coleswindell opened his December performance in Las Vegas with a recording of musician and Route 91 victim Brennan Stewart covering Swindell’s “You Should Be Here”→rjnews.is/2yTKLkJ
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell #1October Healers:
About a week after the shooting, Route 91 headliner @Jason_Aldean returned to Las Vegas to visit victims at @UMCSN→rjnews.is/2gnfRIa
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean #1October Healers:
Country star @DierksBentley donated blood and hosted a dinner and acoustic set for hospital staff and first responders at @UMCSN in the wake of the shooting→rjnews.is/2zgCdmu
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley #1October Healers:
A Nashville-based nonprofit hosted a 90-minute acoustic concert at @SunriseLasVegas for those still being treated for their injuries nearly two weeks after the attack→rjnews.is/2Ne1gfv
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley #1October Healers:
@StRoseHospitals waived the medical fees for the 71 Oct. 1 shooting victims it treated at three of its campuses→rjnews.is/2zo1GdB
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals #1October Healers:
For weeks, Joyce Bosen and other local yoga instructors hosted free trauma recovery classes for at least 200 Clark County coroner’s office employees and Oct. 1 first responders→rjnews.is/2ADol9R
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals #1October Healers:
Brandon Jackson offered free physical therapy to at least a half-dozen Oct. 1 survivors through his practice→rjnews.is/2NigQqq
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals #1October Healers:
Jodi Notch and her sister recruited other therapy dog trainers and owners from around the Las Vegas Valley to make daily visits with their dogs to shooting victims at @SunriseLasVegas→rjnews.is/2Ngi9Gz
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals #1October Survivors:
Inspired by the officers she saw running toward the danger on Oct. 1, survivor Lauren Card joined the police force in Springfield, Oregon→rjnews.is/2Qgl5Vo
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals #1October Survivors:
William King and his girlfriend, Kimberly Calderon, got engaged three months after a bullet missed his heart by half a centimeter and she helped him get to safety→rjnews.is/2pXt0P2
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals #1October Survivors:
Hundreds of Route 91 shooting survivors, their family members and friends flooded the ghost town of Nelson for a free reunion photo shoot in February→rjnews.is/2Nifo7L
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals #1October Survivors:
Jacquelyn Trujillo, an 18-year-old Route 91 survivor, graduated from high school and began training for the Army @NationalGuard, prompting her mother to call her a “first responder, with her heart”→rjnews.is/2J8o1Ap
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
As a huge fan of country music with the memorabilia to prove it, Samanta Arjune overcame her fear — and the gunshot wound to her leg — to attend country concerts after months of stress and depression→rjnews.is/2xtmGT0
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Teenager Marie Langer climbed back into the saddle and found comfort and relief from daily bouts of Oct. 1-related post-traumatic stress disorder on the back of her show horse→rjnews.is/2Na70qJ
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Within a few months of the shooting, birth announcements started popping up in online Route 91 support groups, as women who were pregnant at the festival began welcoming the newest survivors into the world→rjnews.is/2NimZD0
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Vanessa Esquivel made Kody Robertson an “honorary uncle” when her first child was born on March 2, because he helped her over a barrier in the middle of the concert grounds during the attack→rjnews.is/2NfPz7X
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Five Las Vegas women formed a bond “that will never be broken” after fleeing for their lives together on Oct. 1→rjnews.is/2DNVFwY
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Christina Gruber, a 41-year-old triathlete and mother of two, was wounded in both legs on Oct. 1 but returned to running two months later in the Vegas Strong 5K→rjnews.is/2EjXMVM
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
The week of Thanksgiving, more than 100 Route 91 survivors gathered in Henderson for a potluck dinner→rjnews.is/2A12ati
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
In December, 18-year-old shooting victim Riley Golgart walked into a warm welcome from friends and relatives at @LASairport after about two months of hard work at a spinal rehabilitation center in Colorado→rjnews.is/2BiUmS2
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Three months after the Route 91 shooting, three Summerlin women returned to the venue, retracing their steps from Oct. 1 with each other there for support→rjnews.is/2q2nBq8
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Jovana Calzadillas made a miraculous recovery from a gunshot wound to the head, learning to walk, talk, eat and drink again three months after doctors told her husband to say his goodbyes→rjnews.is/2rC5zvF
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Austin Stout and Katrina Hannah reunited at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden in January, as Hannah made her first trip back to Las Vegas since she was shot in the back and Stout carried her to safety→rjnews.is/2EcfY2C
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Summer Clyburn took a bullet in the back while shielding her wounded fiance and continues to stand by his side as he recovers from his head injury→rjnews.is/2DUnl3c
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
After not seeing each other in six years, friends Heidi Benson and Hailey Holiday now meet once a week and text daily as they cope with what they lived through on Oct. 1→rjnews.is/2hjbwG1
#VegasStronger
@LVMPD @LASairport @NHPSouthernComm @Zappos @Uber @thekillers @Imaginedragons @Cirque @TMobileArena @tiesto @celinedion @Megadeth @GoldenKnights @NHL @danawhite @ufc @Raiders @Chargers @unlv @Titans @DeMarcoMurray @Allegiant @UMCSN @SunriseLasVegas @tipoflasvegas @ClarkCountySch @coleswindell @Jason_Aldean @DierksBentley @StRoseHospitals @NationalGuard #1October Survivors:
Whitney Del Rosso and other bartenders who worked the event gathered at Big B’s Barbecue to laugh and cry together→rjnews.is/2zXW6l9
#VegasStronger
Number 91 of our #1October 91 Points of Light:
Todd Wienke survived three gunshot wounds and returned to Las Vegas a year later to marry his Route 91 companion, Oshia Collins-Waters,in a ceremony today→bit.ly/2xRmbAe
#VegasStronger
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