Monday, October 02, 2017
LAS VEGAS, Nevada --
With gunfire hailing down on thousands attending an outdoor music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, chaos reigned over what would become the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
But the terror gave rise to heroes who urgently helped those who were wounded in the ordeal. Ordinary people became paramedics. 急救医士
were so many people, just normal citizens, doctors, cops, paramedics, nurses, just off-duty. Everyone\'s just communicating and working together,said a festival-goer Vanessa. was completely horrible, but it was absolutely amazing to see all the people come together.
One man\'s story is just a small fraction of what people did to get the wounded out of harm\'s way.
were a lot of people that were selfless and stayed behind with people,
The retired teacher braved gunfire and used his shirt to stop bleeding of his friend who had been shot three times. They then hid under the stage.
slid him under the stage. Another awesome lady came over and compressed,
It took an army of strangers to rush the injured to first responders. Cronk said he along with other able-bodied festival-goers carried their wounded person to a regular civilian pickup truck that had three injured people already in it.
One of those four wounded died, but Cronk\'s best friend survived.
So far, more than 400 people were hospitalized from the festival shooting.
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These are the heroes of the Las Vegas shooting — from a Marine who commandeered a truck to a husband who took a bullet for his wife
A man shields a woman with his body during a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, where a gunman fired bullets into the crowd. David Becker / Getty
As bullets rained down on a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday night, people stepped up to protect total strangers and the ones they love.
Tales of heroism have emerged in the aftermath of the Las Vegas mass shooting, which left 59 people dead and more than 500 injured. Here are some of the inspiring stories.
Jack Beaton died protecting his high-school sweetheart.
Jack Beaton and his wife, Laurie.
Jack and Laurie Beaton attended the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary. They sat sipping beers and enjoying the concert on the grass.
Laurie posted to Facebook, forward to 23 more.
Less than an hour later, Laurie felt a bullet fly by her shoulder. Jerry Cook, Laurie\'s father, recalled a conversation with her in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
got on top of Laurie to protect her. He laid on top of her and said, \'Laurie, I love you.\' She said, \'I love you, too,\' and boom — he got hit. I don\'t know how many times,
Rescue workers ushered Laurie and others members of her group to safety. Jack had already been removed from the scene when she returned looking for his body.
Jack, 54, leaves behind two children, Delaney and Jake.
Marine veteran Taylor Winston stole a truck and drove dozens of people to the hospital.
Taylor Winston, right, and a friend.Taylor Winston/Facebook
When Stephen Paddock fired on a country music festival, Taylor Winston didn\'t run away. The 29-year-old marine veteran knew he had to help. started scattering and screaming and that\'s when we knew something real was happening,Winston told CBS. He described the scene as a war zone.
Winston, who served two tours in the Iraq War, helped toss people over a fence to get to safety. He then raced to a field of trucks parked nearby. The first one he checked had the keys in it.
He texted his friends who had set up a makeshift hospital far from the gunfire to bring over some victims, he told CNN. They squeezed into the back of the truck and the backseat.
After dropping people off at a hospital, Winston turned around for a second trip. By the end of the night, he and his friends had transported around two-dozen people to the hospital.
Jacob Shamsian contributed reporting to this post.
Jonathan Smith rushed about 30 people to safety and took a bullet in the neck.
After a gunman opened fire on the crowd, some were too frightened to move. A quick-thinking father, Johnathan Smith, began shouting, shooter, active shooter, let\'s go!
He told all nine members of his extended family at the concert, as well as nearby strangers, to join hands and run. They moved as a human chain toward a handicapped parking area and hid behind several rows of cars, Smith recalled in an interview with The Washington Post.
The 30-year-old copy machine repairmain spotted a few young girls who weren\'t fully covered. He stood up to warn them to get down. It was then that a bullet struck him in the neck.
A Washington Post reporter shared a photo of Smith on Twitter, and it has since gone viral.
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Dawn-Marie Gray and Kevin Gray stayed behind to save others.
