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    In Las Vegas, tourism meets tragedy

    by David Montero, Los Angeles Times Oct 27, 2017 3 minutes

    LAS VEGAS - Arnie DeGeorge sat weeping in an airport bar in Toronto as a television broadcast images from his hometown of Las Vegas.

    Worried strangers asked whether he was all right. He wasn't.

    It was a day after his city had been hit by the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Nothing made sense. DeGeorge began to write.

    "What is strength? Strength isn't anger. Strength isn't vengeful. Strength isn't rage. Strength is unity."

    His words were soon heard by multitudes.

    DeGeorge is an executive at

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