Mother of Las Vegas shooting victim holds onto hope

The mother of a Gardner-Webb University graduate who was shot in the Las Vegas mass shooting is wondering if her daughter will ever come out of a coma.

"She has her whole life in front of her and with one incident, we have a nightmare," Mary Moreland said.

Tina Frost, 27, lost her eye in the shooting and has been in a coma since the shooting Sunday at a country music concert.

"It's very hard when I first saw her,” the mother said. “It was all I could do to keep composed, but she's a fighter and it doesn't matter what she looks like. It matters in here, so we're coping."

Frost was on the Gardner-Webb soccer team five years ago.

The team held a moment of silence on Wednesday night before their game, praying for her recovery as her mother prays by her side at the Sunrise Hospital.

She's also thankful to a stranger, only known as Shane, who helped carry her daughter to a truck that took her to a hospital.

"Thank you for saving my daughter's life," Moreland said.

Frost still has bullet fragments in her head.

"Unfortunately, some people may not ever recover, but in some of the people you know, I would say give it a year," said Dr. Keith Blum, a neurosurgeon at Sunrise Hospital.

Gardner-Webb University students and supporters will pause again to show their support for Frost on Saturday before the homecoming football game.

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