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We missed it by only 3 hours too.  Our flight was delayed by almost an hour.  I remember texting my nephew's wife to go to the airport around 930p because the traffic will be really bad if they were to leave at 10p since their flight was at midnight.  But they were walking the strip.  A little after 10 I get a txt from her and my nephew saying there was a shooting.  They thought it was some violent concert goers and think much of it and made their way to the taxi line.  Then suddenly people starting running toward hotel screaming.  A few minutes later she called me. She said my name and then she started screaming and crying.  I couldn't make sense of anything.  People were screaming in the background.  Being on the other end of the line helpless, I was panicking bad.  I heard my nephew say we're in the back of the room by door and then the line went dead.  My sister, their mom, called me crying like crazy.    I had to try to calm her down and keep myself focused.  I didn't hear from them for like another 45 minutes or so.  That waiting period was terrifying.  When I heard from them again the swat were moving them to luggage room.  Then 30 minutes later to the buffet area.  When the shooter was confirmed dead, they were moved back to the lobby where they all slept.  They sent me pix of people sleeping in the lobby.  At first glance I thought they were dead bodies because they had white sheet over them.  But it was people sleeping with blankets.

@tEaRdRoP was your nephew and his wife actually in Mandalay Bay?  Man that must be scary on the other line waiting to hear back from them.  They probably won't be sleeping for weeks, months and years.  I'm so glad their okay!   

We all stayed in Excalibur.