Route 91 Terror Attack

Part 2

The freezer case was still there.

The blood had dried by then, but it remained on just about everything…abandoned T-shirts, blankets, shoes, and pieces of clothing scattered across the grounds. Cleanup had not yet begun because the investigation was still ongoing. The entire festival site remained frozen in time — almost like the city itself was afraid to move.

And the numbers still boggled the mind.

Fifty-eight people were murdered that night, and two more would die from their wounds later. Hundreds more wounded. Thousands are still traumatized.

Standing there day after day, looking across the Route 91 grounds toward Mandalay Bay, the entire scene became surreal. You could still see the blown-out windows from the shooter’s suite high above the Strip. Early in the morning, before the desert sun fully took over the skyline, you could occasionally see curtains hanging out from the broken windows, moving slightly in the breeze. Small reminders that this wasn’t history yet. It was still an active crime scene.