Those who survived the Las Vegas shooting massacre have been memorializing their experiences with Route 91 Harvest tattoos.
Four friends from Utah - Laura Farthing, Shelley Burch, Lori Wilson and Alyssa Hodges - recently got matching tattoos that resemble a poker chip with '10.1.17' - the date of the mass shooting - written in thin letters above.
Hundreds more survivors, as well as those who lost loved ones, have also been getting tattoos to pay tribute to the victims of the massacre. Many others have used the Route 91 Harvest logo and the Vegas skyline outlines.
Laura Farthing (left) was one of four friends to get matching tattoos at Savage Tattoo in Ogden, Utah after they survived the Las Vegas shooting massacre earlier this month
Laura Farthing, Shelley Burch, Lori Wilson and Alyssa Hodges got matching poker chips with the date of the mass shooting written above
The four Utah women say they had taken a trip to Las Vegas for the festival earlier this month but wound up being witnesses and survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
The group hadn't been friends for very long when they made the trip to the festival. Burch and Farthing met years ago, but Farthing met Wilson and her daughter, Hodges, less than a year before the trip.
Burch lives in Layton, Farthing and Wilson live in the Salt Lake City area, and Hodges lives in Plain City, according to the Standard-Examiner.
The group spent their first two nights in Vegas at the front of the festival near the stage, sometimes in a VIP area. On the third night, October 1, the group planned to do the same.
But Farthing and Burch decided to stay toward the back of the general admission area, and Hodges and Wilson moved to a VIP tent just to the right of the stage.
Shelley Burch (right) hugs her friend Laura Farthing (left) at Savage Tattoo in Ogden, Utah after they got matching Las Vegas tattoos
Hundreds more survivors, as well as those who lost loved ones, have also been getting tattoos to pay tribute to the victims of the massacres
Many others have used the Route 91 Harvest logo to remember the Las Vegas victims
Moments into Jason Aldean's fourth or fifth song, Farthing got a text from Wilson: They were leaving the VIP area and heading back to the hotel. Despite Hodges' fandom for Aldean, she was not feeling well and needed to leave.
As their Uber drove off, Wilson and Hodges recalled hearing a rapid series of pops.
Meanwhile, Farthing and Burch heard what sounded like fireworks from their spot at the back of the outdoor venue. Burch remembered feeling annoyed - a rude distraction from a great performance.
Farthing looked toward the stage and watched as people ducked for cover before Burch grabbed her hand and told her to run. Wilson and Hodges couldn't make sense of the popping noises from the safety of their Uber until an out-of-breath Farthing called.
'Every time Alyssa and I looked at each other that night, we started crying,' Wilson said. 'Three minutes would have made the difference between life and death.'
This woman combined the Las Vegas skyline and the Route 91 logo with the date of the massacre
Many who are getting tattoos were witnesses and survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history
Farthing and Burch ducked behind a bar, pressing themselves flat against the alcohol-soaked cement. Glass shattered around them and shrapnel hit Farthing in the leg.
'I pulled out this piece of bullet, and I don't know, I just got mad,' Farthing said. 'Then I realized what direction the bullets were coming from.'
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ShareBurch recalled feeling frozen in that moment. All she could think about was that she hadn't talked to her two daughters in days. She wanted to tell them she loved them.
The women held onto one another, prayed and waited. The cycle of gunfire felt endless, Farthing said. Later, it was reported the shooting lasted about 11 minutes.
Sometime after 4am, Burch and Farthing left the Tropicana and got outside to find the entire strip shut down.
The survivor who got this tattoo said it was to remember that the shooting changed her life and to remind her that she will be able to live a normal life again
This woman simply tattooed the words Route 91 and the massacre date on her wrist
Many who are getting tattoos were among those to flee the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history
'Everything was quiet. It was hard to be outside,' Farthing said.
They reunited with Wilson and Hodges in their hotel room. Farthing realized she broke a tooth during in the chaos. Burch had a black eye from two pieces of debris that hit just below her right eyebrow.
Before they left Vegas, the four friends agreed to get tattoos. The group went to Savage Tattoo in Ogden, Utah. Farthing saw an Instagram post that the tattoo parlor was offering free tattoos to anyone affected by the shooting.
'I've dealt with loss in my own life. As tattoo artists, doing what we love... it's a way to give back,' shop owner Dax McClellan said.
Farthing said the experience tightly bound the group. If she needs any one of her friends, she is confident they would be there in a second, she said.
'And they know I would do the same, hands down,' Farthing said.
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