Approximately 22,000 Jason Aldean concert goers in Las Vegas, Nevada stood for our nation, Sunday, October 1st. They stood with pride. They stood singing, "God Bless America", with glee. As "God Bless America" played on, 22,000 people stood holding their lighted cell phones in unity. They stood as Americans. They stood as patriots.They didn't kneel in protest, they didn't lock arms in defiance. No, they did not. Sunday evening, 22,000 Americans stood together and showed the nation what it is to be a patriot and what it is to have pride in one's country. They showed all watching what patriotism looks like. When speaking of the crowd, John Rich, one of the performers of the group Big and Rich, stated, "That's America standing in that crowd".
America was indeed standing in that crowd. Americans of all ages, races, and religions stood in that crowd. Americans stood together in a venue of patriotism, joy, celebration, and happiness unknowing of the evil lurking from up above. Up above on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, pure evil sat and waited, and executed one of the most heinous crimes in American history. How ironic that just shortly after the crowd of patriots sang our national anthem, multiple shots were fired making 22,000 Americans victims in what only can be described as terrorism on American soil. The shooting lasted all of 10-15 minutes. In those 10-15 minutes over 500 people were injured and another 59 were dead. While no one can possibly know the fear and terror people felt during the attack, one can only imagine that those 10-15 minutes seemed like an eternity, an eternity of a living hell, a living hell here on earth. What should have been a fun, joyous occasion turned into a horrific tragedy no one present will ever forget.
Concert goers describing the massacre in great detail, spoke of people running, but not knowing where to run nor hide. They spoke of bodies falling and not getting up. They spoke of people in wheel chairs being pushed over. They spoke of those having fallen out of their wheel chairs crawling in desperation of safety. They spoke of heroic men standing and running towards the shots instead of running away from the shots. They spoke of others stopping to aid those in need. One man shot in the stomach had friends attempting to help his lifeless body. Lifeless bodies of which there were many. Lifeless bodies lay in pools of blood. Pools of blood of lives taken all too soon. While some passerby's stopped to cover the bodies with their own clothing, others chose to shut the eyes of the dead. Other concert goers choosing not to be heroic fearfully just ran for their lives. They ran only to be trapped by fencing without any exit. Many concert goers desperately jumped the prison like fencing. They ran only to have shots continue and stop some of them as well. They ran until they hoped they'd be safe. They ran until they could run no more. They ran because they wanted to live.
America, the home of the free and the home of the brave, is free no more. Americans are no longer free if they are in fear for their lives every time they step out their front door. Americans are no longer free if they are unable to enjoy the freedom to go where they choose. Movie theaters, sports venues, concerts, festivals, amusement parks and so on. We, as Americans, are no longer free when we are unable to freely and fearlessly enjoy the luxuries we once enjoyed. We, as Americans, are no longer free if when we are standing tall, but forced to kneel for fear of being killed. Sunday and Monday, American football fans viewed several NFL football players kneeling both here and abroad for our national anthem. Sunday evening 22,000 Americans at a concert stood tall for our national anthem. They stood tall and why? They stood tall, because they respected the flag and all for which it stands. It stands for our military that through the test of time has stood to fight for our freedom. It stands for our nation's police officers who keep our cities safe. It stands for our nation that was built on faith, unity, and justice for all. It does not stand for righteous, self entitled over paid athletes with a big fat chip on their shoulders who don't appreciate the freedoms they now enjoy; freedoms they have been able to enjoy thanks to our military and police officers. Freedoms that slowly seem to be slipping away right before our eyes. Perhaps in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, NFL football players kneeling in the wake of this tragedy, will think twice before kneeling. After all, the freedom the NFL disrespects will soon be lost by them as well if we as a nation do not come together, which is precisely why if players on the field are unable to stand for our National Anthem, the NFL can go to hell!
(c)Sean Bianca GOP GIRL 2017
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