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.
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.
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go to our website.