Women who were pregnant at the Route 91 Harvest festival have been welcoming the newest survivors into the world.
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Survivors of the Oct. 1 massacre and those concerned about gun violence hope to effect change through a fledgling group dedicated to reducing gun deaths.
Contributions from the Southern Nevada gaming, tourism and entertainment industry accounted for almost 40 percent of the $31.4 million collected by the Las Vegas Victims’ Fund, organizers of the fund said Friday.
The fund’s committee reveals donation total and says it will distribute the money to at least 532 claimants by the end of the month. Some other claims are still going through the vetting process.
Three Las Vegas shooting survivors on Sunday received the first disbursements from Route91Strong, a nonprofit that helps victims of the Oct. 1 shooting.
Tina Frost, one of the most seriously injured victims of the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, is preparing for surgeries in Maryland necessary for the fitting of a prosthetic eye, according to her family.
The way Jennifer Holub sees it, there are three sources of funds for victims of the Oct. 1 shooting, and “everyone’s basically screwing everyone.”
Doctors in Las Vegas told Frank Calzadillas to say his goodbyes to 30-year-old wife, Jovanna. Against all odds, she lived and will be discharged from a Phoenix hospital on Thursday.
The Vegas Strong Fund said Monday that it will not be issuing any more checks to victims of the Oct. 1 shooting, but will donate half of all money raised to a separate 501(c)(3), the Las Vegas Victims’ Fund.
Katrina Hannah, 23, shot in the back in the Strip mass shooting, returns to the city from her home in California and is reunited with the Las Vegas man who carried her to safety.
Assistance is available to families of people killed in the shooting and those who were either hospitalized or required medical treatment as a result of injuries suffered in the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival.
Nearly three months after the Oct. 1 shooting, three Summerlin women who survived the event visited the concert venue for the first time, retracing their steps.
J’Anna Hendricks escaped the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting without injury, but still struggles with what she experienced.
Though Chantal McCrorie survived the Oct. 1 shooting without any physical wounds, the Las Vegas woman continues to deal with emotional wounds from that night.
When Christina Gruber found out she would survive her injuries from the mass shooting on Oct. 1., she had two questions for the doctor.