Joshua Thurman went to Membership Q for an evening of enjoyable and pleasure Saturday night time. As a substitute, he was inside combating for security earlier than determining his associates have been amongst these killed within the mass taking pictures that left no less than 5 folks lifeless and greater than two dozen harm.
"I misplaced associates, I'm not OK," a teary Thurman informed CBS Colorado.
He and lots of others who attended Membership Q that night time are in disbelief.
"I am unhappy as a result of it ought to have been me. Nobody deserves this you realize? It ought to have been me," Thurman stated.
He recalled being on the dance flooring when he heard the gunfire erupt. He thought the sounds have been part of the music till he heard one other spherical go off.
"I noticed the flash of the muzzle once I appeared to my left and I took off working into the dressing room," Thurman stated.
He was joined by two others looking for security as they shut off the lights, locked the doorways and laid on the ground in silence till police arrived.
"It was a mixture of scared, nervous, attempting to be robust and attempting to not be loud as a result of although the doorways have been locked, there was nothing stopping that man from coming in these doorways if he wished to," Thurman stated.
Happily, the gunman did not discover Thurman or the opposite bystanders as they hid there for a while. Thurman crawled out from the personal space and noticed a police officer. "I stated, 'Officer is it protected to return out now?'"
Whereas being escorted out of the membership, Thurman and others noticed simply how shut they have been to dropping their lives. "Our bodies on the bottom, blood, shattered glass. It was simply heartbreaking."
Thurman is aware of it is going to be a protracted street to restoration for Membership Q and, most significantly, the LGBTQ+ group.
"We're shattered, we're damaged. I do not understand how we will get by means of this truthfully, however we've no alternative."