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| 'Chills go up your spine': at California bar, Vegas survivors live through another shooting | 'Chills go up your spine': at California bar, Vegas survivors live through another shooting |
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| The Borderline Bar and Grill became a safe haven for dozens of survivors of last year’s massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival, a place where they gathered for line dancing and drinks. | The Borderline Bar and Grill became a safe haven for dozens of survivors of last year’s massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival, a place where they gathered for line dancing and drinks. |
| On Wednesday night, some of those survivors found themselves in a terrifyingly familiar scene, when bullets began flying once again. | On Wednesday night, some of those survivors found themselves in a terrifyingly familiar scene, when bullets began flying once again. |
| Brendan Kelly, a 22-year-old marine, was one of them. | Brendan Kelly, a 22-year-old marine, was one of them. |
| “I already didn’t wish it on anybody to begin with for the first time,” Kelly said Thursday outside his Thousand Oaks home. “The second time around doesn’t get any easier.” | “I already didn’t wish it on anybody to begin with for the first time,” Kelly said Thursday outside his Thousand Oaks home. “The second time around doesn’t get any easier.” |
| Kelly, said he heard “pop, pop” and instantly knew it was gunfire. | Kelly, said he heard “pop, pop” and instantly knew it was gunfire. |
| “The chills go up your spine. You don’t think it’s real – again,” he said. | “The chills go up your spine. You don’t think it’s real – again,” he said. |
| 'It’s never going to be normal': California city in shock after gunman kills 12 | 'It’s never going to be normal': California city in shock after gunman kills 12 |
| Kelly said he threw two of his friends to the floor and covered them with his body. Then he got a look at the shooter and the terror unfolding and decided they needed to escape. | Kelly said he threw two of his friends to the floor and covered them with his body. Then he got a look at the shooter and the terror unfolding and decided they needed to escape. |
| Kelly said he dragged one woman out a back emergency exit and then, using his belt, T-shirt and marine training, applied a tourniquet to his friend’s bleeding arm. | Kelly said he dragged one woman out a back emergency exit and then, using his belt, T-shirt and marine training, applied a tourniquet to his friend’s bleeding arm. |
| After the shooting was over, Kelly said he and another marine friend of his helped victims alongside first responders. Two of his friends were among those killed. | After the shooting was over, Kelly said he and another marine friend of his helped victims alongside first responders. Two of his friends were among those killed. |
| Kelly has a large tattoo on his left arm memorializing the Las Vegas shooting, which left 58 dead. On his other arm on Thursday, he still had his wristband from the bar. | Kelly has a large tattoo on his left arm memorializing the Las Vegas shooting, which left 58 dead. On his other arm on Thursday, he still had his wristband from the bar. |
| When the Las Vegas gunman opened fire from a 32nd-floor hotel room, Kelly said he threw a friend to the ground before helping get her out of the area and into a room. Armed with a knife in case an attacker came in, he hunkered down and waited with 40 other people for four hours. | When the Las Vegas gunman opened fire from a 32nd-floor hotel room, Kelly said he threw a friend to the ground before helping get her out of the area and into a room. Armed with a knife in case an attacker came in, he hunkered down and waited with 40 other people for four hours. |
| He said living through Vegas changed his life. He doesn’t know how a second mass shooting will affect him down the road. | He said living through Vegas changed his life. He doesn’t know how a second mass shooting will affect him down the road. |
| “Everywhere I go, everything I do is affected,” he said. “I don’t sit in a room with my back to the door. You’re always picking up on social cues. You’re always overanalyzing people trying to figure out if something were to go down, ‘What would I do?’” | “Everywhere I go, everything I do is affected,” he said. “I don’t sit in a room with my back to the door. You’re always picking up on social cues. You’re always overanalyzing people trying to figure out if something were to go down, ‘What would I do?’” |
| Kelly said the Borderline had become a safe haven for dozens of Vegas survivors. | Kelly said the Borderline had become a safe haven for dozens of Vegas survivors. |
| “It is our home,” he said. | “It is our home,” he said. |
| A few weeks after the Vegas shooting, Borderline held a benefit concert for five people from the area who were killed, and now-eerie social media posts show a number of survivors holding up a “Route 91” sign inside the bar at a six-month anniversary event. | A few weeks after the Vegas shooting, Borderline held a benefit concert for five people from the area who were killed, and now-eerie social media posts show a number of survivors holding up a “Route 91” sign inside the bar at a six-month anniversary event. |
| Kelly said he would be looking to God for comfort in the coming weeks and months. | Kelly said he would be looking to God for comfort in the coming weeks and months. |
| “I know that, being a religious person, that God is never going to give me anything more than I can handle,” he said. “I’m here for a reason.” | “I know that, being a religious person, that God is never going to give me anything more than I can handle,” he said. “I’m here for a reason.” |
| Chandler Gunn, 23, told the Los Angeles Times that a friend who survived the Vegas shooting works at the bar. When Gunn learned about the shooting, he rushed to Borderline. | Chandler Gunn, 23, told the Los Angeles Times that a friend who survived the Vegas shooting works at the bar. When Gunn learned about the shooting, he rushed to Borderline. |
| What we know about the California shooting and gunman | What we know about the California shooting and gunman |
| Gunn said his friend, whose name he didn’t provide, escaped safely out the back. | Gunn said his friend, whose name he didn’t provide, escaped safely out the back. |
| “There’s people that live a whole lifetime without seeing this, and then there’s people that have seen it twice,” he said. | “There’s people that live a whole lifetime without seeing this, and then there’s people that have seen it twice,” he said. |
| In social media posts, Molly Mauer said she was at Borderline and also survived Vegas. | In social media posts, Molly Mauer said she was at Borderline and also survived Vegas. |
| “I can’t believe I’m saying this again. I’m alive and home safe,” she said on Facebook. | “I can’t believe I’m saying this again. I’m alive and home safe,” she said on Facebook. |
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