Stories like the tragedy in Las Vegas, generate not only fear and pain – but also heroes. One of them was a veteran of the marine corps Taylor Winston, who rescued more than 30 wounded during a shooting at the country music festival.
29-year-old Winston became a marine at age 17. We have a mission in Iraq. In Las Vegas he rested together with his friends and girlfriend Jenny, when suddenly shots rang out.
«They are becoming louder around began to fall,» said the infantryman CBS This Morning. «We ran to the fence, I started to help people to move through it. It was a war zone».
And then Taylor saw the keys left in parked Chevrolet pickup truck. «I started taking the wounded people and carried them to the car. There was blood everywhere».
Taylor drove to the hospital Desert Springs five miles from the scene and look for other wounded.
«OK, I said, now let’s get to the second round. I think that military training helped me. Had to get them out of there and everything,» added Taylor.
He managed to save more than 30 people. Later, Winston was able to find the owner of a pickup truck and give him his car keys. «I don’t want to be called a hero. There have been many brave and courageous people.»
We will remind, 30-year-old California resident was shot in the neck when saved people during the shooting.
This is what a hero looks like: Iraq veteran Winston Taylor commandeered a truck to get victims to the hospital. https://t.co/A2O646mxjw pic.twitter.com/KJb7Bhnip1
— Scott Bixby (@scottbix) October 3, 2017
