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John, It has now been three years since 58 people were shot and killed in Las Vegas and I am wearing my cowboy boots, today, to honor those who will not have the opportunity to wear a pair again.  On October 1, 2017, Heather Sallan was selling boot covers and leather products out of her booth at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. No American should ever have to experience what I saw and heard three years ago today. No one should have to endure the terror-filled experience of rapid machine gun fire while hearing and watching bullets hitting people around them... people instead of me... and the distinctive pinging of bullets ricocheting off of the ground and off of the structures and things around me. No one attending a concert or an event of any kind should know exactly how to describe the whistle sound of a bullet so close to their left ear their hair moves. But I can. Screaming, hysteria, blood, terror, calling my family while running to say goodbye, but instead telling my son I think I’m okay. "What is that noise," he asked me? "It is machine gun fire." And then I hung up. Other families never heard from their loved ones. This was the single deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The shooter used an assault weapon with a bump stock and killed 58 people. More than 850 were injured from the shooting or the ensuing chaos.
For me, October 1 is a reminder that even on the hardest days, we can each have the courage to put on our boots and get to work. Thank you for supporting Brady. We need you in this fight. Sincerely, |
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