Jason Aldean<\/span><\/p> Brittany’s post remembering the Route 91 anniversary was a personal memory.<\/p>\n She shared a snapshot taken the day after the shooting, showing the view from her window overlooking the Las Vegas venue.<\/span><\/p>\n “I can’t believe it’s been 8 years ago today since Route 91,” Brittany wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n “We still think of and pray for all the victims and survivors every day,” she continued. “God bless our Route 91 family.”<\/p>\n Brittney Aldean Route 91<\/span><\/p> The Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting took place on Oct. 1, 2017.<\/p>\n Aldean was one of three headliners at the annual country festival that year. While he was performing onstage, gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on the crowd from his 32nd-floor suite at the nearby Mandalay Bay Hotel.<\/p>\n Read More<\/em>: Remembering the Faces + Stories of the Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting Victims<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Fifty-eight people were killed at the scene. In the months that followed, two more victims died from injuries sustained in the shooting.<\/p>\n This brought the massacre’s death toll to 60, making it the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history \u2014\u00a0a title it retains today.<\/p>\n Approximately 867 people were injured.<\/p>\n When authorities arrived at Paddock’s hotel room, they discovered that he had died of a self-inflicted gun shot wound.<\/p>\n Aldean was onstage when gunfire erupted.<\/p>\n Brittany, who was eight months pregnant with the couple\u2019s son, Memphis, at the time, was backstage.<\/p>\n Neither of them was harmed during the tragedy, nor were Aldean\u2019s band members \u2014 though a bullet lodged in the instrument his bass player was holding onstage.<\/p>\n Aldean has consistently supported the group of people who were there at the show that night, and he remembers the anniversary of the tragedy with a social media post every year.<\/p>\n During a recent conversation on Dax Shepherd’s podcast, Aldean admitted he’s never been to therapy<\/a> to process the event, though he’s helped fund therapy for crew members and others impacted.<\/p>\n Read More<\/em>: Jason Aldean Explains How He Processed Route 91 Shooting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The singer also recounted a “breakdown” he experienced after the fact, which took place at home after Memphis was born.<\/p>\n “I ended up having a moment at my house where I broke down thinking about all the people I could have lost,” Aldean remembered.<\/p>\n Their stories should never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Sterling Whitaker<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat Happened at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival Mass Shooting?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Where Were Jason Aldean + Brittany Aldean During the Shooting?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
What Has Jason Aldean Said About the Route 91 Shooting?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Remembering the Victims of Route 91 and Their Stories<\/h2>\n