The Las Vegas Massacre Connections: Finding Strength Through Tragedy After America's Deadliest Mass Shooting

On October 1, 2017, Mary Jo von Tillow's world changed forever.

Her husband, Kurt, was killed in the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in U.S. history. In just eleven minutes, her life-and the lives of thousands of others-were shattered.

But what followed was more than grief. Out of devastation came unexpected bonds with other survivors, advocates, and families who knew the same kind of loss. From a 9/11 firefighter who turned his pain into kindness, to a vic...