Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:07 pm
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/ar ... 47656.html
Conrade moved away from the windows as the bullets rained. He went to his bedroom and always kept something between himself and the glass. He stood and he sat. He used an app on his phone to listen to law enforcement chatter, he told The Star and KWCH 12. At some point, he decided to poke his head into the hallway, where he saw four or five armed officers, one of whom demanded he return to his room. He did. He sat and waited. Given the darkness and his high vantage point, he couldn’t make out details on the ground, the few times he moved toward the window.
Most of the time he stayed away from the window. He heard officers over the radio announce the gunman’s room number. It was one digit off from his: 31-134 and adjoining room 135.
Stephen Paddock, the shooter, was in 32-134 and adjoining room 135. Conrade felt safe through it all because of the concrete between him and a mass murderer.
The explosion above that signified officers breaching Paddock’s room startled Conrade more than the gunfire did. The gunfire was surprisingly quiet from within his room. The footsteps of investigators combing the room seemed loud. Glass crunched beneath their feet. The footfalls padded across his ceiling through the night. Conrade could tell their probe was intent, thorough.
He didn’t sleep much that night. By 1:30 a.m. things seemed to have wound down. At about 4 a.m., a SWAT team came through his room. When daybreak hit, and he could see the debris and the first responders and what he thought were body bags on the ground, the havoc from the night before took on a surreal quality.
Days have passed, and he’s still in that room. Business calls. He’ll fly home Friday, back to his large family, including six children. He never considered trying to change rooms. He considers the shooting a freak event, something that could happen anywhere. And there was no damage to his room, so why leave it?
Probably nothing. But you think that hundreds of 160 decibel shots coming from directly above you are fireworks? That's some great soundproofing they have at the Mandalay Bay!: https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserRev ... evada.html
And you have an app on your phone to listen to the cops, but you don't mention calling the cops or even the front desk to tell them the shooter is exactly one floor above you? And you stay "safe" in your room except to poke your head out when you hear armed people coming? It's all just a bit surreal.
Conrade moved away from the windows as the bullets rained. He went to his bedroom and always kept something between himself and the glass. He stood and he sat. He used an app on his phone to listen to law enforcement chatter, he told The Star and KWCH 12. At some point, he decided to poke his head into the hallway, where he saw four or five armed officers, one of whom demanded he return to his room. He did. He sat and waited. Given the darkness and his high vantage point, he couldn’t make out details on the ground, the few times he moved toward the window.
Most of the time he stayed away from the window. He heard officers over the radio announce the gunman’s room number. It was one digit off from his: 31-134 and adjoining room 135.
Stephen Paddock, the shooter, was in 32-134 and adjoining room 135. Conrade felt safe through it all because of the concrete between him and a mass murderer.
The explosion above that signified officers breaching Paddock’s room startled Conrade more than the gunfire did. The gunfire was surprisingly quiet from within his room. The footsteps of investigators combing the room seemed loud. Glass crunched beneath their feet. The footfalls padded across his ceiling through the night. Conrade could tell their probe was intent, thorough.
He didn’t sleep much that night. By 1:30 a.m. things seemed to have wound down. At about 4 a.m., a SWAT team came through his room. When daybreak hit, and he could see the debris and the first responders and what he thought were body bags on the ground, the havoc from the night before took on a surreal quality.
Days have passed, and he’s still in that room. Business calls. He’ll fly home Friday, back to his large family, including six children. He never considered trying to change rooms. He considers the shooting a freak event, something that could happen anywhere. And there was no damage to his room, so why leave it?
Probably nothing. But you think that hundreds of 160 decibel shots coming from directly above you are fireworks? That's some great soundproofing they have at the Mandalay Bay!: https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserRev ... evada.html
And you have an app on your phone to listen to the cops, but you don't mention calling the cops or even the front desk to tell them the shooter is exactly one floor above you? And you stay "safe" in your room except to poke your head out when you hear armed people coming? It's all just a bit surreal.