Vegas memorial: 'Pain that never really goes away'
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A flock of doves fluttered skyward at sunrise in Las Vegas on Monday, each bird bearing a leg band with the name of one of the 58 people slain in the deadliest mass shooting in the nation's modern history one year ago.
Marking the anniversary of the night that a gunman opened fire from a high-rise casino suite on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval gathered with several hundred people at an outdoor amphitheater remembrance ceremony.
"Today we remember the unforgettable. Today, we comfort the inconsolable," Sandoval told survivors , families of victims, first-responders and elected officials who gathered at dawn.
He added: "Today, we are reminded of the pain that never really goes away.