The news in Las Vegas the last two days has been all about the anniversary of last year’s mass shooting here: stories of the victims and survivors, and the way our community came together as #VegasStrong. Some of the other lesser-known stories told how our two new professional sports teams played a part in helping us recover and move forward. The Golden Knight’s hockey team immediately got involved with promoting relief efforts like blood drives and food donations to the families of the victims and at their opening game that week they spoke about how it takes a community to begin healing from something like this. And football’s Raiders, whose stadium was just breaking ground then, got the NFL behind allowing commercials that showed the heart and soul of Las Vegas, something many hadn’t really seen before that: those commercials showed our pain and pride and helped sustain the healing. Fortunately, those tough times slowly became easier, but the real story is how these rugged athletes stood by their new neighbors and helped us begin to get beyond the tragedy. Hopefully we will never experience a mass shooting like that again; thankfully, our shared responses have made all of us and our community stronger today.
Robert H. Schuller (b. 1926): Pastor, Author
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