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On Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, Mandalay Bay Resort sent out a tweet asking for certified trauma counselors in order to help with counseling any guest or hotel employee affected by Sunday night’s mass shooting.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are in need of certified trauma counselors. <a href="https://t.co/zroSqEoc1T">pic.twitter.com/zroSqEoc1T</a></p>— Mandalay Bay Resort (@MandalayBay) <a href="https://twitter.com/MandalayBay/status/914893207388938240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Mandalay Bay later tweeted out “Thank you for your generous outreach and support. We have enough counselors for today." The resort also shared details on how to get in touch with crisis counselors.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Crisis counselors are now available for any guest or employee who needs to speak with someone. <a href="https://t.co/OVobN5bqbH">pic.twitter.com/OVobN5bqbH</a></p>— Mandalay Bay Resort (@MandalayBay) <a href="https://twitter.com/MandalayBay/status/914915594666893317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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MGM Resorts International Chairman & CEO Jim Murren also took to Facebook to release an official statement on Monday in response to the Las Vegas shooting. The full statement is available here.
Select airlines, including Allegiant, United and America, have waived change fees at least through Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, with several airlines, such as Las Vegas-based Allegiant, waiving change fees all week.
Allegiant also said it would fly families of the Las Vegas shooting victims to the city for free.
In addition, here are five things you can do for the Vegas shooting victims right now.
