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  • Thank you both for being here.

  • And first of all, how are you both doing?

  • I'm doing better each day, slowly but surely,

  • just healing physically and mentally.

  • Yeah, I imagine.

  • I imagine that you relive that a lot.

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah.

  • And how are you doing, Stephen?

  • It's definitely hard.

  • As each day passes, though, we're working to get over this.

  • OK.

  • So Jesus here is a security officer.

  • And you were called to check on a door that was--

  • I guess when a door is left open for a certain amount of time,

  • you're supposed to go check on it, right?

  • Yes, we have notifications making sure to secure them.

  • Or if they were already been secured, just

  • making that check on the doors.

  • OK, so you were going up the fire escape to get there?

  • Via the stairwell, was coming from the 31st up to the 32nd.

  • When I approached the door, it didn't open.

  • And it was blocked off.

  • So I had to reroute.

  • Is that a normal thing that the stairwell would be blocked off?

  • No, they're always supposed to remain open.

  • And so after I would drop down and then

  • came back through the hallway.

  • And then I approached the room, got into the door.

  • There was a metal bracket holding the door in place.

  • Right.

  • So what we're talking about here, just so everybody

  • is clear, this is where the hotel room

  • was, where the shooter was.

  • This is the stairway.

  • And this door here was blocked.

  • And you didn't know that til you came up through the elevator

  • and went through this door and saw

  • that there was something blocking that door.

  • And when you saw that, did you think, that's weird.

  • Why would somebody put brackets on a door?

  • Yeah.

  • That's just out of the ordinary.

  • That was the beginning.

  • And then you walk out of this.

  • And this just slammed?

  • Well, when I was in between that area,

  • I was calling security dispatch to get transfer to engineering.

  • They didn't know anything about it.

  • So they dispatched an engineer to go verify what that was.

  • That's when you got called.

  • Yes.

  • OK.

  • And at that time, I heard what I assumed was drilling sounds.

  • And I believed that they were in the area working somehow.

  • So you thought that--

  • they were gunshots.

  • But you thought it was just drilling sounds.

  • At first, I think it was just drilling sounds.

  • Right.

  • So then, at what point did you get shot?

  • What happens here?

  • As that door is closing--

  • and it's so heavy, it almost slammed--

  • I'm walking down this way.

  • And I believe that's what caught the shooter's attention.

  • As I was walking down, I heard rapid fire.

  • And at first, I took cover.

  • I felt a burning sensation.

  • I went to go lift my pant leg up, and I saw the blood.

  • That's when I called it in on my radio

  • that shots have been fired.

  • And I was going to say that I was hit,

  • but I got on over my cell phone just

  • to clear the radio traffic for they can coordinate

  • the rest of the call.

  • So he shot-- you didn't even know.

  • He shot through this door, right?

  • From behind the door.

  • I didn't know how he was shooting.

  • But he shot out.

  • Right.

  • So you didn't even know it was coming from here.

  • So Stephen, at this point, you're called up.

  • You just think that you're coming

  • to look at a door that's been blocked in the fire

  • well, right?

  • Yeah, I didn't think anything out of the ordinary.

  • At the time, I came from a higher floor

  • and came down a different hallway, a service elevator.

  • And I walked out.

  • I rounded the corner from the 100 hallway.

  • And that's when I--

  • it was quiet at this time.

  • And the doors are set back, as you

  • can see in that, about a foot.

  • And Jesus was towards the end of the hallway.

  • But I didn't know at that time.

  • And I thought I saw someone pop out of the cubby.

  • And I kept walking.

  • And once I got more than half way

  • is when I saw Jesus and I started to hear shooting.

  • At the time, I didn't know it was shooting.

  • I thought it was a jackhammer.

  • As an engineer, I'm like, we're not working up

  • here this late at night.

  • We wouldn't be doing that.

  • And it was, I believe, outside.

  • It wasn't in the hallway yet.

  • And that's when Jesus, he leaned out,

  • and he said, take cover, take cover and yelled at me.

  • And within milliseconds, if he didn't say that,

  • I would have got hit.

  • Because he was still shooting.

  • So you would have been hit had he not told you.

  • Yeah, I wasn't even fully in cover.

  • And they were passing behind my head.

  • And I could feel the pressure.

  • You could feel the pressure going past you,

  • just even being out of the way.

  • Yes.

  • And were guests coming out of the doorways?

  • There was a female that came out.

  • And I told her to go back inside, it wasn't safe.

  • Shortly after, that's when Stephen was approaching.

  • And I told him to stay back and get cover.

  • And that's when more rounds were dispersed.

  • Right.

  • Wow.

  • I mean, really, he saved your life.

  • And he's saved also the woman that came out of the door

  • to go into the hallway.

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • I know, first of all, thank you so much for being here.

  • And I know that you have had so many people asking

  • for you to tell the story and to talk about this.

  • And I understand your reluctance,

  • because you just want this to be over.

  • So you're talking about it now, and then you're not

  • going to talk about it again.

  • And I don't blame you, because why relive this

  • over and over again?

  • But it's helpful for people to understand what a hero you are,

  • because you being shot in the leg

  • saved so many people's lives.

  • And instead of you just getting out of there,

  • you saved Stephen's life, you saved that woman's life,

  • and who knows how many other people.

  • And so we just wanted to celebrate you.

  • That's why you're here today--

  • Thank you.

  • --because we want to thank you for what you've done.

  • Even after this happened, instead

  • of going to the hospital, you stayed to help the police

  • and give them all the information they needed

  • to piece these things together.

  • And also, what else did you want to mention?

  • I just want to mention all the people that

  • assisted that night, whether it was

  • Metro, the FBI, the community, especially, coming together

  • to help everyone in need, the first responders,

  • even the people that got called in to assist in the hospitals.

  • And just everything has put the pieces together

  • on how everyone came together to help that night,

  • even in the darkest hour.

  • Yes.

  • There were a lot of people that showed up to help.

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • All right.

  • And Stephen?

  • Definitely, I want to thank the first responders and people

  • on the ground at the show helping each other out.

  • I mean, I think the acts of humanity were major that night.

  • And I want to thank Jesus, again, from my family

  • and all my friends and everybody, for saving my life.

  • Yeah.

  • Really, you did.

  • I don't know if you're taking all of that in.

  • And I know, like you said, it's hard.

  • You think about that a lot.

  • And you did, you saved people's lives.

  • And we, of course, wanted to give you money.

  • And you both were very, very specific.

  • You said you don't want money.

  • You don't want money at all.

  • So you're not getting any money, all right?

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • So we're not going to give you money.

  • But Stephen, your favorite team is the Colts.

  • And you've never been to a game.

  • So the NFL is flying you to meet the team and get VIP tickets.

  • So you're going to go see the Colts.

  • [CHEERING]

  • Wow.

  • And then also-- it's over here.

  • Also, Jesus, you're a fan of the Oakland Raiders.

  • And Shutterfly is going to give you season tickets.

  • When the team goes to Las Vegas, you're

  • going to be able to see them.

  • Also we know it's really important for you

  • that everyone is recognized.

  • So Shutterfly cares about supporting community.

  • So it's going to make a donation of $25,000 in your name

  • to the GoFundMe page that's dedicated to helping victims

  • of the shooting.

  • [CHEERING]

  • Thank you.

  • For more information on how you can

  • help the victims of the Las Vegas shooting,

  • go to our website.

Thank you both for being here.

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