Lacey Newman (Las Vegas Shooting Survivor)
Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend
Alison Rosen
4.5 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2017
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Las Vegas shooting survivor Lacey Newman recalls the horrific scene at the Route 91 Harvest Festival including the realization she'd been shot, the nightmarish experience of trying to find cover, calling her husband from the bed of a truck, what the friends who'd accompanied her to the concert for a girls' weekend experienced, the scene at the hospital, fear of loud noises and tall buildings, how to discuss the ordeal with her young son, seeking therapy, encouraging others who've experienced trauma to get the help they need and more.
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| 0:00.0 | I was saying, Rosin, I was saying Rosin is your best friend. |
| 0:06.0 | I was saying, I was saying, we're perfect times to be friends. |
| 0:12.0 | I was saying Rosin, we're perfect times to be friends. |
| 0:17.0 | I was saying, Rosin, I was saying, you're new best friend. |
| 0:23.0 | Hey everyone, hi, hello, it is me, Alison Rosen. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to another episode of Alison Rosen, is your new best friend. |
| 0:29.0 | This is a bit of an unusual one for me. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm sitting here with Lacey Newman. |
| 0:34.0 | She is someone that I've known since we were both little kids, |
| 0:38.0 | and I'll get into that, but she also was at the Route 91 Music Festival in Las Vegas |
| 0:44.0 | where there was the worst mass shooting in US history, |
| 0:49.0 | and was shot in the leg, but is doing physically okay. |
| 0:54.0 | She reached out to me because we grew up in the same area. |
| 1:00.0 | Her grandparents lived next door to my parents, |
| 1:05.0 | and her older sister and my younger sister were best friends, |
| 1:08.0 | and I've known Lacey forever. |
| 1:10.0 | Although we had lost touch, I didn't realize you were a listener. |
| 1:13.0 | You reached out to me, told me your story, |
| 1:16.0 | and recommended that I do an episode on trauma, |
| 1:19.0 | and maybe reach out to one of the celebrities that was at the festival, |
| 1:23.0 | and I thought, or why don't you just come on the show, |
| 1:27.0 | and tell me your story. |
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