Knights players visited a blood drive, Mandalay Bay employees, dispatchers, first responders and police throughout the city and presented medals to Community Ambulance medical team members as part of the Oct. 1 shooting remembrances Monday.
The First Anniversary
The artistic expression was one of many on display Monday during UNLV’s campus remembrance ceremony of the Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1, 2017.
Hospitals around the Las Vegas Valley stopped to take note Monday of the anniversary of the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, which left 58 concertgoers dead and more than 800 others wounded.
On the one-year anniversary of the Route 91 Harvest festival shootings, Las Vegans shared hugs, somber remembrances and smiles as “Vegas Strong” signs throughout the city served as a reminder of the city’s resolve.
Lois, a golden retriever that is one of the local comfort dogs trained to interact with people in crisis, was at work Monday at Mandalay Bay.
One year after the Oct. 1 shooting at the Las Vegas Village festival grounds, entrance and exit gates are closed to the public.
Survivors of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Strip made time to mark the anniversary on Monday in a personal way, including visiting the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas sign” where 58 crosses bearing the names of the dead reappeared.
Mandalay Bay President Chuck Bowling says, “For every bad story you heard there are three stories about the humanity of Las Vegas.”
President Donald Trump sent his “thoughts and prayers” to the victims of last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 dead “exactly one year ago today.”
A called shot — three of them — helped softball slugger Jordyn Ebert from Henderson pay tribute to Route 91 Harvest festival victim Quinton Robbins.
An increased number of security guards stood by the elevator bank Monday.
On the anniversary of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival that killed 58 country music lovers, Vitalant workers from Nevada and Arizona gathered at the Las Vegas Convention Center to do their jobs once again.
“We’re still recovering from the events that took place on 1 October,” Nevada’s junior senator says. “We’re still grieving for the family members who are no longer with us.”
“Today, we remember the unforgettable,” Gov. Brian Sandoval said Monday morning at a sunrise remembrance ceremony on the anniversary of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
The 58 victims of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting in Las Vegas will be forever remembered.