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Las Vegas Survivor Discusses Life After Shooting

Many witnesses to the Las Vegas shooting are still dealing with the emotional toll. NPR's Lakshmi Singh spoke survivor Misty Jones, who was uninjured, but thinks about the traged every day.
People hold up candles at a memorial service for Charleston Hartfield, a Las Vegas police officer who was killed when a gunman opened fire on a country music festival, in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 1. / ROBYN BECK / Getty Images

It has been nearly three weeks since the Las Vegas massacre and another victim has been laid to rest. On Friday, families and friends attended the funeral of 34-year-old Las Vegas Metro police officer Charleston Hartfield. He was killed while trying to save fellow country music fans attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival when an onslaught of bullets rained down from a hotel. Fifty-eight people died. Hundreds more were injured.

This past Thursday, scores of people turned out for the

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