Re: America's worst mass shooting - Las Vegas
Posted: 09-30-2018 04:31 PM
Love this! Heros, both.
Pendleton couple reflects on Las Vegas shooting a year later
Images of last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas still live in Kevin and Elaine Anderson’s brains.
Before the shooting began on Oct. 1, the Pendleton couple basked in a day of country music at the Route 91 Harvest festival. Suddenly a pop, pop, pop punctured the desert night, sending the Andersons and thousands of others diving for cover. Tucked away on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort, the shooter would kill 58 and wound almost 500 people before ending his siege.
Kevin, an emergency medical technician and regional communications director for a medical transportation company called American Medical Response, slipped back into a first responder role. In the aftermath of the shooting, he used his 30 years of EMT experience to pull multiple victims to safety. For his bravery, Anderson received the Oregon Health Authority’s Medal of Valor on Friday night at the Oregon EMT Conference in Salem.
As shots flew, Anderson first rescued off-duty police officer Michael Gracia, who lay gravely injured after being shot in the head. Gracia’s fiancée, Summer Clyburn, had a bullet in her back. The assault continued rapid-fire.
“No one knew where the shooter was,” Elaine said. “Kevin picked up Michael and got him the heck out of there.”
Elaine shepherded Clyburn to safety. Much to Elaine’s terror, Kevin turned to rush back in for other victims.
“Kevin had an instinct to run towards danger and I wanted to run away from it,” Elaine said.
Her husband insists it really wasn’t a choice.
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Pendleton couple reflects on Las Vegas shooting a year later
Images of last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas still live in Kevin and Elaine Anderson’s brains.
Before the shooting began on Oct. 1, the Pendleton couple basked in a day of country music at the Route 91 Harvest festival. Suddenly a pop, pop, pop punctured the desert night, sending the Andersons and thousands of others diving for cover. Tucked away on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort, the shooter would kill 58 and wound almost 500 people before ending his siege.
Kevin, an emergency medical technician and regional communications director for a medical transportation company called American Medical Response, slipped back into a first responder role. In the aftermath of the shooting, he used his 30 years of EMT experience to pull multiple victims to safety. For his bravery, Anderson received the Oregon Health Authority’s Medal of Valor on Friday night at the Oregon EMT Conference in Salem.
As shots flew, Anderson first rescued off-duty police officer Michael Gracia, who lay gravely injured after being shot in the head. Gracia’s fiancée, Summer Clyburn, had a bullet in her back. The assault continued rapid-fire.
“No one knew where the shooter was,” Elaine said. “Kevin picked up Michael and got him the heck out of there.”
Elaine shepherded Clyburn to safety. Much to Elaine’s terror, Kevin turned to rush back in for other victims.
“Kevin had an instinct to run towards danger and I wanted to run away from it,” Elaine said.
Her husband insists it really wasn’t a choice.
The Rest of a Great Story
http://www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-n ... year-later