Country music will never forget.
October 1, 2017 country music singer, Jason Aldean was performing at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas when a gunman opened fire. At the time, Aldean was on stage performing his song, "When She Says Baby" when he heard the gunfire. The singer immediately rushed off the stage as soon as he could to protect his wife, Brittany Aldean, who was backstage at the time and pregnant.
The couple was able to safely escape, however more than 800 people were injured and 58 people lost their lives. The gunman eventually took his own life before police got to him inside the Mandalay Bay hotel across from the festival venue.
Today, marks two years since the tragedy happened. Aldean took to Instagram and paid his respect to all those who were victims.
"This will always be a tough day for us," he wrote in the caption. "Not a day goes by that we don't think about our @route91harvest family."
His wife, Brittany, also posted a photo of the couple arm in arm when they went back to Las Vegas for the first time following the shooting to see victims. Seen in the distant background is the hotel, where the gunman was located.
"This day will always be a tragic memory. Always in our thoughts and prayers #route91family," she wrote.
The festival was an annual multi-day event. The lineup for 2017 also included performances from Eric Church, Sam Hunt, Lee Brice, Jake Owen and more. Fellow country singer, Chris Young, was backstage watching the show when the shooting started. He remembers the tragedy as the "scariest night" of his life.
"This day will always be hard for me...remembering everyone that lost their lives on this date at Route 91," he writes on social media. "Scariest night of my life. Hug your friends and loved ones today guys."
The Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting has been the country's deadliest mass shooting in modern history. The Las Vegas Review-Journal remembers each individual killed on October 1, 2017.
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