“It’s panic,” Friedman said, recalling that horrific night in October of 2017 when a man on the 32
nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas opened fire on an outdoor concert. “It’s a huge toll in the moment. You have that fight or flight. You have that realization that you don’t know what’s going to happen to you in that moment. And it was terrifying.”
Friedman said at first, he thought the gunshots were a broken speaker. But it wasn’t long before screams, and people running from the stage made it clear the sound was far more sinister.