“What I Learned from Being at the Las Vegas Shooting” – A First Person Account
The senseless massacre in Las Vegas has dominated the news this week. Amongst the coverage is this first-person account of what it was like to be in that crowd.
As I write this I’m flying home from Las Vegas after the tragic and senseless shooting that resulted in 59 deaths and over 500 injuries.
Elena and I were at ground zero when all of this happened. We had been staying at Mandalay Bay Hotel for the last four days, literally a few floors from where the shooter was preparing the largest mass killing in US history. We had been staying just a few floors below him and would host a party in the Foundation Room just a few floors above him the night of the shooting.
On Sunday, October 2nd, the night of the shooting, I was holding an investors meet and greet for Cardone Capital. Almost a hundred very qualified investors showed up at the Foundation Room on the 43rd floor of Mandalay Bay Resort to learn more about what I am doing in the real estate space. The event started at 7 pm and at 9:58pm, I announced I was going down to the casino to play some Texas Hold-Em poker, before flying home to Miami.
First person account? What a garbage column. Most of the comments are spot on.
Alan, you should be above this.
This the douchiest, most self-centered possible way to try and recount a horrific event. This guy is clearly using this as an opportunity at self-promotion and ‘brand building’ (whoever he is.)
Add to that the graphic image of dead bodies greeting you with no warning… Take this down, please.
This isn’t a ‘stay in your lane’ complaint, it’s a human decency and professionalism one.
That’s partly why I posted it. This is a news curation site, a collection material that’s out there. If you have an issue with the tone of the article, then you have the opportunity to take it up with the original author.
Curating, or aggregating?
If you claim to be curating then you are at best responsible for sharing it, at worst endorsing it. And it’s your site/email blast that is including the graphic images before we can even make the choice to read further or not.
At least you didn’t include your trademark trope ‘wait-what?’
You are responsible for too much excellent, well presented content to dip to this level. (IMO, obvs.)