Las Vegas massacre survivors focus on hope and healing 5 years later: 'We are forever family'
foxnews.comLAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Five years ago in Las Vegas, a night of country music became an evening of terror. On Oct. 1, 2017, a man opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, killing 58 people that night.Two more later died from their injuries, and hundreds of others were hurt.
Many of the survivors say since that awful night, they've become something of a family – the Route 91 family. Pat Dalton Amico was one of about 22,000 people at the music festival.
A sign at the Las Vegas Healing Garden reads "Because of Music we are forever family." (Fox News/Ashley Soriano) He has spent the last five years honoring the victims and survivors of the Las Vegas massacre by performing at events, such as the opening night reception of an exhibit the Clark County Museum debuted in honor of the anniversary.
But Amico, who is a singer, songwriter and performer, is also a survivor himself. He was watching Jason Aldean perform when a man began shooting from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. "I forget how many rounds were in that first burst.
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