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Ordinary to me. literally as an immigrant kid, i've got to tell you the united states a special and wonderful because it is stable. >> greg: for now. >> juan: political freedom. for now. economic opportunity. i think it's a great country. they should have fireworks to celebrate this country. i think we are on our way. >> jesse: juan thinks it's a great country. this is july 4, 2018. juan said it. >> juan: you can hold that any day of the year. i think it's a great country. i think there are some people up to sneaky business. >> jesse: like strzok and page. [laughter] >> juan: we never stop wit...

As we previously had a fire drill the same day. a few hours earlier. and we knew this wasn't normal and there was something sinister going on. >> you didn't believe it. you thought it was fire works or something. no one believed it. >> maybe fire crackers. pulling a prank. >> so how did people react? did you learn anything from the fire drill from the drills that you had that helped you in the particular situation? or nothing you can do in a situation like this that can prepare you. >> yeah, we learned, you know, that we need to be silent. phones need to be on. we need to be on the same side a...

So when the first shots rang out we didn't think about it. we thought it was fireworks, generator, something like that. people started to run. i grabbed my wife and started to run and then we realized we weren't with him. we started to walk swiftly toward the exit, hoping we would see him through the crowd. we didn't end up getting him. we ended up going into the tropicana and finding shelter in there. we were able to get ahold of him on the phone and met with him at the front entrance of the tropicana. >> reporter: what was that phone call like for you? >> it was incredible. at that point i w...

I walked as fast as i could to get away. you didn't know, did they catch him, did they not. >> at some point did you have an idea -- how did you know you were running to safety. it sounded like there were echos. nobody knew what was happening >> i didn't feel safe until i was in my ho fell room, to be quite honest. >> could you tell where the gun shots were coming from in. >> no. it sounded like fire works were coming from behind the stage. there was a gentleman by me and he said, i think it's fireworks. and then when we saw people with blood coming out, we knew we had to go. >> where are you ...

And then you see people running and bodies on the floor, and people started running. it was hectic. >> what was going through your head at that point when you saw that body on the floor going from listening to jason aldean to seeing a body on the floor in your hometown of las vegas, a place that you likely feel safe walking every single day? >> well, it's a complete mind freak on you. you think you're safe. you're at a major country concert. it's an amazing audience. we were having a great time, and the fact that somebody can do this is mind blowing. >> some of that information, you can even s...