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Cabbie who picked up Las Vegas shooting victims: I’m no hero
 

A Las Vegas cabbie who drove five passengers to safety the night of the mass shooting on the Strip is tired of being framed as a hero. “There were so many other people who put themselves in harm’s way,” Cori Langdon said. “I just stumbled upon it.”

Dana White to honor first responders with free tickets to UFC 216

UFC president Dana White plans to honor the heroes and victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas at UFC 216 and wants as many first responders as possible to be there to witness the event in person.

Injured Las Vegas officer helped others during Strip shooting

Bleeding from the neck, a wounded Las Vegas police officer guided several people to safety Sunday with his partner. Meanwhile, his twin, who is also an officer, was called in to work, not knowing if his brother was alive or dead.

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6 British soldiers jumped in to help Strip shooting victims on Sunday

British Troopers Ross Woodward, Chris May and Stuart Finlay planned on a night of drinking and gambling in Las Vegas to blow off some steam following six weeks of rigorous training alongside their American counterparts at Fort Irwin, California.

 
Henderson firefighter recounts efforts to get wounded brother to safety

Off-duty Henderson firefighter Anthony Robone was on the west side of the Route 91 Harvest festival stage about halfway back in the crowd with his girlfriend, brother and three friends when the shooting started Sunday night.

Las Vegas police officer hailed as hero after Strip shooting

Casey Clarkson, a 32-year-old Las Vegas police officer who was injured at the Route 91 country music festival, was seated Wednesday next to first lady Melania Trump at a news conference inside police headquarters.

 
First Route 91 emergency responders recount triage

Before the 32nd-floor window of Mandalay Bay was obliterated, the night hadn’t been particularly eventful for Glen Simpson, an emergency medical responder. That was before 64-year-old Stephen Paddock fired an automatic-style rifle into a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers Sunday.

 
To shield fiance, woman took bullet in back at Route 91 Harvest Festival

Summer Clyburn didn’t realize what was happening at the Route 91 Harvest Festival until she turned around and saw her fiance, Michael Gracia, on the ground. Gracia, an officer with the Ontario (California) Police Department, had been shot in the head. Summer shielded Michael with her own body and took a bullet in the back.

Families of mass shooting victims offer solace to Las Vegas

After Las Vegas on Sunday experienced the worst mass shooting in modern American history — breaking the record no community wants to break — comfort is on the way.

 
Daughter of ex-UNLV QB aids Las Vegas Strip shooting victims

Her father was UNLV’s quarterback after Randall Cunningham, so perhaps it wasn’t a big surprise how Savannah Stallworth reacted after deadly shots rang out at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured.

President Trump, first lady meet victims, heroes in Las Vegas

President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, met privately Wednesday in Las Vegas with victims and heroes of Sunday’s mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, praising the “love and courage” that prevented an even-worse tragedy.