Honour for Vegas hero Brit
A BRITISH soldier who rushed to the aid of those injured in the Las Vegas massacre has been decorated in the latest round of military honours.
Trooper Ross Woodward, from The 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, got the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery – something he said has come as a “total surprise”.
He had been enjoying a trip to the US gambling capital following a desert training exercise in Nevada when Stephen Paddock opened fire on festival-goers at the Mandalay Bay hotel last October.
As bullets rained down, the 24-year-old from Beeston, Nottinghamshire, turned towards danger, guided people to safety and tended to the injured.
“Anyone in the military would have done the same,” he said.
“To me it just felt like the right thing to do because people needed my help.
“If I ever need help, I hope and pray that someone would help me.”
His award citation states that Trooper Woodward “displayed conspicuous bravery, outstanding leadership and unwavering selflessness”.