Las Vegas Shooting Survivors Are Attending Therapy Sessions At This Music Venue
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8:13Now PlayingDr. Shiva Ghaed treats patients suffering from combat-related trauma, so she’s used to hearing harrowing stories.
But in October of last year, she found herself concerned about a new group of traumatized people – survivors of the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
So, in an attempt to make this community of country fans comfortable, she set up free group therapy sessions at In Cahoots, a country music dance hall in San Diego. But it’s not just her expertise that allows her to help traumatized survivors.
On the night of the shooting, she was also there in the audience.
“Whether it was divine intervention or just dumb fucking luck, I don't know,” says Ghaed.
But as proud as she is of the people she’s seen over the past year, she acknowledges that she’s still concerned about the people she hasn’t seen. “A lot of people still haven't gotten help,” she says.
VICE News visited the group therapy session as survivors held their one-year check-in meeting.
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