How a Couple Used their Brains to Escape an Active Shooter at Route 91, with Troy & Shannon Zeeman
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Police Officer Troy Zeeman was not on duty when he and his wife Shannon began dodging bullets during the Las Vegas Route 91 shooting, but that didn't keep him from using both his training and his instincts to guide his wife, along with many others, to safety. In this episode, the Zeemans conclude their tale of escape from the shooting, giving practical tips on how they were able to keep cool heads amidst the chaos.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman and I'm Tanna Aeman. In our podcast we provide you with the tools you need to become a warrior for the health of your brain and body. |
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| 0:44.3 | and body. To learn more go to brainMD.com. Welcome back. You know I can't really |
| 0:50.9 | say we're having so much fun. |
| 0:52.4 | But it's so important. You know I can't really say we're having so much fun. |
| 0:53.0 | But it's so important and so interesting. |
| 0:58.0 | And Shannon, you had an interesting comment because Troy's coming at at this from his training I mean |
| 1:05.6 | really literally decades of training and but but you're not correct yes so when's sitting here talking about he was assessing, he knew that the shooter was not in the |
| 1:18.1 | venue. |
| 1:19.1 | He didn't know where, but he knew he wasn't in the venue and he's talking about how he knew that we had time and you |
| 1:26.3 | know we could stay where we were while he was figuring out. He was as far as I know |
| 1:31.2 | he was the only one in our group that knew the person was not in the venue. |
| 1:35.3 | We were in there for 10 minutes and I thought the person was in there. At one when Troy got shot in the leg |
| 1:47.4 | the shooter had changed his trajectory and so it was actually starting to hit the container we were hiding behind. |
| 1:55.4 | So I actually visually... So at first it wasn't. It was going a different direction so you were |
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