Three Gilroy Festival Shooting Survivors Also Survived Las Vegas Massacre Two Years Earlier

A makeshift memorial is seen outside the site of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, after a mass shooting took place in Gilroy, California, on July 29, 2019. Mario Tama/Getty Images

A group of three friends survived the Las Vegas massacre two years ago, only to have to run for their lives once again when a gunman went on a shooting rampage at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

“Me, George, and Alicia were found running for cover once again today,” wrote Christopher Cook in a Facebook post after he fled the chaotic shooting scene. “We were shaken up, but OK.”