This is our American stories.

And every once in a while, we just tell great stories about ordinary Americans doing extraordinary things.

A mass shooting took place on November 7, 2018 in Thousand Oaks, California at the

borderline bar and grill.

A country western bar frequented by college students.

13 people were killed.

Tyler Spady was one of the roughly 250 patrons there on that faithful night.

Here he is to share his story of survival and hope.

The week before the shooting, it just gives kind of a story to what borderline was.

It was a Halloween night where everyone goes and dresses up.

And you have costume contests.

And, uh,

that night I went as the, uh,

little boy in up in a full, um,

Boy Scout uniform that I borrowed from my neighbor.

And my buddy, uh, buddy Jesse went as Donald Trump and

the whole uh the whole place was full of people in costumes and my dad was in attendance

and my sister was in attendance and everyone was uh hanging out playing uh playing pool

uh creating friendships lion lion dancing, and having a good time like you usually do

at this place. And it wasn't just a bar. Many people, when you think about it in the news,

just think about it like that. But it was an 18 plus place where people would go to socialize in the college years.

It was a really amazing place where I would have been going since I was 18 years old,

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