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Nevada senators honor Route 91 first responders, highlight memorial and local recovery efforts
Summary
Senators recognized members of the Community Ambulance team who responded to the 2017 Route 91 attack, noted plans for a permanent Forever 1 Memorial and referenced related community services including Boys Town Nevada’s new behavioral health clinic and a Southern Nevada Home Builders Association delegation.
Senators on Friday recognized members of the Community Ambulance team who responded to the October 1, 2017, Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting and highlighted community recovery and remembrance efforts, including plans for a permanent "Forever 1" memorial on the Las Vegas Strip.
Senator Donate introduced Brian Rogers, described in the remarks as chief operating officer and partner at Community Ambulance, Glenn (senior director of specialty care) and Caitlin (a team member and longtime friend of the senator), and praised the team’s response during the 2017 attack. On the floor Donate said the team "ran toward chaos," treated the wounded and helped survivors; the senator presented a proclamation recognizing their service and ongoing advocacy to ensure the 58 lives lost are remembered.
Senator Cannizzaro asked those affiliated with the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association to rise in acknowledgment for the association’s work on housing challenges. Cannizzaro also invited a large group of law enforcement and first-responder advocates to the floor, naming individuals from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and other survivor-advocate groups who have supported memorial and healing initiatives including the October After Action Review, Route 91 Nation reunions and benefit concerts, the Healing Garden in Las Vegas and the Forever 1 Memorial installation.
Senator Rogich used remarks on the floor to announce the opening of Boys Town Nevada’s behavioral health clinic at the Collaboration Center Foundation on Windmill Lane in Las Vegas, noting the clinic will expand services to more than 400 children served annually by the organization. Senators also introduced several interns and recognized historical remembrance of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) during the session; those remarks were ceremonial acknowledgements rather than policy actions.
The recognitions were ceremonial and did not carry formal legislative action in this transcript. Senators urged colleagues and the public to support survivors and to visit local resources and memorial sites mentioned during the introductions.
