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Soldier saves wife when gunfire erupts at Las Vegas festival

Soldier saves wife when gunfire erupts at Las Vegas festival
WEBVTT IS WITHIN ALL OF US.TONIGHT IS LIEUTENANT DEREK HARP'S WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.>> SHE'S A TROOPER.SHE'S THE STRONGEST PERSON IKNOW.VICKI: CELEBRATING THEIR LOVE,AT VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER IN LASVEGAS, AFTER EXPERIENCING HOWQUICKLY LIFE CAN CHANGE.>> YOU DON'T EXPECT FORSOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN.VICKI: DEREK IS RECOVERING FROMMULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS WHILE ATTHE ROUTE 91 MUSIC FESTIVAL,PROTECTING HIS WIFE FROM HATE.>> I WAS TRANSPORTED OUT OF THEHOSPITAL ON A STRANGERS TRUCKWITH MY WIFE.PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT BUTTHEY DO.VICKI: BUT DEREK IS CHOOSING TOFOCUS ON THE THOUSANDS OF OTHERHEROES THAT NIGHT.>> THEY DID SOMETHING QUITEREMARKABLEAND IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAUNLESS YOU SEE IT.VICKI: A COMMUNITY OF STRANGERSFIERCELY PROTECTING EACH OTHER,.>> PEOPLE STEPPING UP ANDPROVIDING VEHICLES AND GETTINGPEOPLE TO HOSPITALS.IT WAS CRUCIAL.VICKI: WITH HUMILITYHIGHLIGHTING THE COURAGE OFOTHERS.>> THEIR FELLOW CITIZEN, THEIRFELLOW AMERICANS ARE GOING TO BETHERE TO HELP THEM.WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT.VICKI: AND SMALL EAVESDROPPERSLISTENING IN TO OUR CONVERSATIONWITH YUMMY GIFTS IN HAND.>> FAMOUS AMOS.THESE ARE MY FAVORITE COOKIES INTHE WHOLE WIDE WORLD.YOU KNOW THAT?THANK YOU, HONEY.THAT'S VERY SWEET.>> GOD AND LAS VEGAS LOVES YOU.>> I LOVE YOU GUYS TOO.
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Updated: 8:40 AM CDT Oct 4, 2017
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Soldier saves wife when gunfire erupts at Las Vegas festival
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Updated: 8:40 AM CDT Oct 4, 2017
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Vicki Gonzalez
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A California soldier was shot multiple times while he saved his wife from gunfire at a Las Vegas music festival. Lt. Derek Harp was at the Route 91 Harvest Festival when shots were fired from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. While he recovers at a Las Vegas hospital, Harp said he is focusing on the bravery and heroism of the thousands of people who were at the festival helping strangers escape the chaos. “They really stepped up, and they did something quite remarkable,” he said.Harp said he was saved by a stranger who took he and wife away from the scene in a truck and to a hospital.That's why Harp wants people to remember the courage of others that night.“Their fellow citizen, their fellow Americans are going to be there to help them," he said. "And, we need to recognize that.”Get the full story in the video above.
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A California soldier was shot multiple times while he saved his wife from gunfire at a Las Vegas music festival.

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Lt. Derek Harp was at the Route 91 Harvest Festival when shots were fired from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

While he recovers at a Las Vegas hospital, Harp said he is focusing on the bravery and heroism of the thousands of people who were at the festival helping strangers escape the chaos.

“They really stepped up, and they did something quite remarkable,” he said.

Harp said he was saved by a stranger who took he and wife away from the scene in a truck and to a hospital.

That's why Harp wants people to remember the courage of others that night.

“Their fellow citizen, their fellow Americans are going to be there to help them," he said. "And, we need to recognize that.”

Get the full story in the video above.