LATER, THE 32nd FLOOR AND THEN BELOW US AND REALLY DIRECTLY
BELOW US. >> JOINING THE DISCUSSION, BUZZ
BRAINARD, HOST OF THE HIGHWAY ON SIRIUS XM RADIO.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO WATCH THE VIDEO WE JUST SHOWED?
>> EVERY TIME I SEE SOMETHING NEW FROM THAT, IT BRINGS BACK
THE GUNSHOTS, THE NOISES IS WHAT GETS ME.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET BECAUSE POP, POP, POP.
LIKE HE SAID, AT THE BEGINNING, WE WEREN'T SURE.
IT WAS THE LAST PERFORMANCE OF A THREE-DAY FESTIVAL.
PEOPLE THOUGHT MAYBE FIREWORKS BUT THE SECOND TIME, WE WERE
WALKING OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
PEOPLE SAID MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE POWER
LINES AND BY THE THIRD TIME, THIRD SET, WE KNEW.
WE WERE RIGHT BY THE STAGE AND THE ARTIST AREA.
WE WERE LUCKY WITH THE STAGE, TOUR BUSES AND DIVE UNDERTHOSE
AND SEE THE DIRT FLYING UP BECAUSE OF THE BULLETS COMING IN
AND WE STAYED THERE FOR A WHILE. UNTIL SECURITY ASKED US TO
LEAVE. >> SO THAT -- YOU WENT --
YOURSELF UNDER A BUS TO HIDE FROM THE SHOOTER?
>> MY SON IN TOWN WHO'S 19 YEARS OLD IN L.A. BROUGHT HIM OUT TO
HANG WITH HIS DAD FOR THE WEEKEND.
GRABBED HIM, TACKLED HIM. BOTH UNDER A BUS.
WE WERE ALL UNDER THE TOUR BUSES.
JASON ALDEAN WAS COMING OFF STAGE WITH HIS VERY PREGNANT
WIFE. I THINK THEY WENT STRAIGHT ON
AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE. EVENTUALLY, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF
THEY WERE COMING TOWARD US. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE
STATIONARY. SECURITY ON HAND SAID LET'S GO.
EVERYBODY HAD TO RUN. AND OUR ONLY ESCAPE WAS TO RUN
ACROSS THAT STAGE. >> YEAH.
HOW MUCH TIME WAS THERE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT BURSTS OF GUN
FIRE? >> SECONDS.
AND THEN BE A FEW SECONDS. >> AND THE FIRST ONE -- WHAT DID
YOU THINK THE FIRST ONE WAS? YOU DIDN'T THINK GUN FIRE?
>> NOBODY DID. WE WERE IN THE TENT.
CELEBRATING. A GREAT FESTIVAL.
NOBODY THOUGHT THAT WAS GUN FIRE.
IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE. >> SO THEN THE SECOND ONE
HAPPENS? >> SECOND ONE.
>> CHANGES YOUR THINKING? >> WE WENT OUTSIDE OF THE TENT
-- >> YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IT IS?
>> WE ARE NOT SURE. >> DID YOU THEN UNDERSTAND RIGHT
AWAY? >> IT WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATE FOR
EVERYBODY THAT WAS BACK THERE AT THE SAME TIME EVERYBODY REALIZES
SOMETHING WAS GOING ON AND WHEN WE SCATTERED, PEOPLE TAKING
COVER. WE WERE LUCKY.
WE HAD COVER. THE PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE THERE,
I HAD JUST LEFT THE STAGE OF INTRODUCTION AND I WAS WATCHING
THE 22,000 PEOPLE THAT -- A SEA OF PEOPLE I COULDN'T SEE THE END
OF THEM. THOSE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE THE
COVER THAT WE HAD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TOUR BUSES OR
SPEAKERS OR A STAGE TO HIDE UNDER.
>> SO DID YOU JUST -- HOW DID YOU STAY WITH YOUR SON?
LUST LOCK ARMS? >> I GRABBED HIS HAND AND WE
RAN, YOU KNOW, AS 19 YEARS OLD AND GRABBED HIS HAND.
HE IS MY LITTLE BOY STILL. >> YEAH.
>> RAN AND RAN AND CROSSED THE STREET AND GUN FIRE THE WHOLE
TIME. PEOPLE RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER.
TRAMPLING EACH OTHER AND THE INJURED.
RUNNING TOO FAST TO REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND WE SPRINTED AS FAR AS WE COULD.
WE GET TO THE TROPICANA HERE AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE SAFE.
>> ACROSS THE STREET. >> STILL HOLDING HIS HAND.
I THINK ANOTHER HALF AN HOUR AFTER THAT.
>> WHAT WERE YOU SAYING TO YOUR SON RUNNING ALONG?
>> TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE OKAY. FOLLOW ME.
I FOLLOW ME. I GOT YOU.
I GOT YOU. HE'S HAVING A HARD TIME WITH IT.
>> YEAH. >> HE'S HAVING A REAL HARD TIME
WITH IT. >> EVERYONE THERE CERTAINLY
WOULD BE. UNFOR THEIBLE EXPERIENCE.
>> YEAH. IT WAS SCARY.
>> AND, WHAT ABOUT DID YOU HAVE OTHER FRIENDS THERE THAT YOU
HAVE TALKED TO AFTERWARDS? >> OUR WHOLE NASHVILLE COMMUNITY
WAS IN TOWN SO IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE BACK HOME EVERYBODY WAS
ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LETTING EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY,
NASHVILLE COMMUNITY, THE MANAGEMENT, THE RECORD LABELS,
THE ARTISTS, EVERYBODY INVOLVED ABLE TO FIND OUT THAT WE WERE
ALL ACCOUNTED FOR SO WE'RE OKAY. SO WE'RE SUCH A TIGHT KNIT
COMMUNITY IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, THIS COUNTRY MUSIC
FAMILY IS A FAMILY SO WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING NOW? >> I'M SAD AND I'M -- I DON'T
KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE FOR WHAT WE DO.
CAN WE DO THIS? CAN WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS?
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD STOP SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHERE DO WE GO NOW AS A COMMUNITY?
AS A FORMAT. WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?
I KNOW WE ARE STRONG AND I THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH IT.
BECAUSE WE ARE A ONE BIG COUNTRY FAMILY.
IT IS HARD BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THIS AGAIN.
CERTAINLY NOT RIGHT AWAY. >> BUZZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
SHARIN