Jason Aldian was an performer on stage during the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas when a gunman opened fire on a crowd from a hotel across the street, killing 58 people and injuring more than 800. On Thursday, Aldian shared a photo of a memorial set up after the shooting to honor the victims of the tragedy, with a post on her social media accounts to mark her three-year anniversary.
“It’s been 3 years since Route 91, it’s hard to believe,” he wrote. “That night was probably the worst night of our lives and not a day goes by that we don’t think about the people who lost their lives and the families affected by it forever. October 1st will always be a day for us. To everyone in the Route 91 family, we love you and we can’t get it without you. #CountryStrong # Route 91 Family # Vegastrong. “
Alden, his band and crew were all able to gain safety during the shooting, as was his wife Brittany, who was pregnant with the couple’s son Memphis at the time. “I was confused,” Aldian said during a speech at a country radio seminar in Nashville last year. “I didn’t know what was going on. My wife was eight months pregnant. She was scary. I don’t know where she was. You’re scared, you’re scared. She was really chaotic. One of the words I summed it up. It was chaos. “
The Georgia native added that after the tragedy he “should have gone to a few more therapy sessions than I did.” “Honestly, for me, being able to talk to my people, talking to people I was close to, being able to talk to people whose understanding I understand, who helped me a lot.” “The other part of it was getting back on stage [and] Mentally going through some shows. “
A week after the shooting, the singer returned to Las Vegas to visit some of the victims, whom he called “the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
“I was really glad we got there, but it was hard to sit there and see the people who came to our show a few days ago,” he said. “For me, it was gut work. I had the responsibility to go there and face them face to face and laugh and cry – to do what they wanted to do.”
“I came out with a whole new feeling about the whole thing, and I was so glad I went,” Aldian said. “It was one of those eye-opening, life-changing days that I will never forget.”
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