“Vegas Strong Baby” Wyatt Matheson turns 1 on Wednesday. He was born two days after his parents and uncle survived the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival.
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The Mandalay Bay digital sign went dark for about four minutes around 10 p.m. on October 1, 2018 and came back to display “#VegasStronger” for at least 30 minutes. Some Las Vegas shooting survivors expected more, however.
Oct. 1 shooting survivors Todd Wienke and his fiancee, Oshia Collins-Waters, chose to return to Las Vegas to marry on the anniversary of the tragedy.
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.