Vegas Strip Goes Dark In Moving Tribute To Massacre Victims
The famed Las Vegas strip went dark late Sunday night to mark exactly one week since agunman opened fireon a crowd of 22,000 people attending a country music festival.
Last Sunday’s mass shooting left 59 people dead and more than 500 injured. Police later found the suspect, 64-year-oldStephen Paddock, in his hotel room on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. He reportedly took his own life.
To honor the victims and heroes of the attack, the lights of hotel marquees along the Las Vegas strip as well as marquee lights throughout the Las Vegas Valley dimmed for 11 minutes, from 10:05 p.m. to 10:16 p.m.
The marquees of the Las Vegas Strip go dark in a show of unity and strength for the victims and their families.#VegasStrongpic.twitter.com/dz8T3Oytvz
— Vegas (@Vegas)October 9, 2017
Strip lights dimmed in remembrance.#vegasstrongpic.twitter.com/1j9s6XIPHR
— ellaha ❁ (@ekoshan)October 9, 2017
Lights went dark in Vegas to honor the victimspic.twitter.com/VKXOp3T6rl
— Kitty Alvarado (@HeyKitty)October 9, 2017
Out of the darkness and into the light.#VegasSTRONG@news3lv#1OCTOBER#LasVegaspic.twitter.com/G47h7pz1WI
— Nathan O'Neal (@NateNews3LV)October 9, 2017
Following the dimming, the city’s Twitter account displayed a new message of strength and resilience.
#VegasStrongpic.twitter.com/xD7Hkb2M4P
— Vegas (@Vegas)October 9, 2017
Country star Jason Aldean and his wife Brittanyreturned to Las Vegas on Sundayto meet with survivors. The shooting occurred during Aldean’s set, which was the final performance of the three-day Route 91 Country Music Festival.
Aldean’s wife posted a message to Instagram about their return, saying the couple was back in Vegas to “begin the healing process” and to visit with “the strongest people we have ever met.”
A post shared by Brittany Aldean (@brittanyaldean)on Oct 8, 2017 at 2:55pm PDT
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
