Las Vegas Shooting Survivals killed in car crash
Las Vegas Shooting Survivals killed in car crash
Dennis and Lorraine Carver's daughters
said her parents discovered a new lease of life after escaping unharmed from the massacre at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on 1 October.
Mr Carver, 52, dived on top of his wife, 53, to shield her from a hail of bullets after Stephen Paddock opened fire on crowds from the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel, killing 59 people. The couple, who had two children, fled to safety
during a lull in the gunfire.
But
they died just weeks later after their car crashed and burst into flames
outside their gated community in Riverside County, California.
“After the shooting, they heard from all of the people they cared about most. They were so happy,” said their
daughter Brooke, 20. “The last two weeks of their lives were really just spent living in the moment.”
Brooke said her parents had a
narrow escape in the shooting, which injured more than 500 people, with Paddock's bullets hitting man next to them.
Surviving the massacre made the
"selfless" couple's bond even stronger, she added, recalling Mr
Carver buying his wife roses "to give my mum a reason to smile after the shooting".
She added: “We were so relieved
when they got out of the shooting alive. But I also think we’ve been given little pieces of them that we would’ve never gotten if the shooting hadn’t happened right before they died.”
The couple's youngest daughter,
Madison, 16, was at home when their car crashed into
nearby metal gate on 16 October. She heard a loud bang at 10.50pm and ran
down the street to find the family's vehicle engulfed in flames.
“We’ve found some peace in knowing that our parents just loved each other so much that they had to go at the same time,” Madison said. “They couldn't live without each other.”https://www.semperdiamondlodge.com/
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