Tina Frost was shot in the face when Stephen Paddock opened fire on tens of thousands of concertgoers on Oct. 1, turning a country music festival into the scene of the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Tina Frost (right) graduated from Arundel High School in 2008. She was hit in the eye in the Las Vegas shootings. She is pictured here with her mother (left).
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FILE — In this Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 file photo, people pray at a makeshift memorial for victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas. Gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire Sunday, Oct. 1 from a room at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino, on an outdoor country music concert killing dozens and injuring hundreds. A revised chronology given by investigators for the Las Vegas massacre is intensifying pressure for police to explain how quickly they responded to what would become the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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AP Photo/John Locher, File
People pause at a memorial set up for victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. A gunman opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, with dozens of people killed and hundreds injured, some by gunfire, some during the chaotic escape.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
AP Photo/Gregory Bull
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — OCTOBER 02: People gather at the Ascend Amphitheater for a vigil honoring the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas on October 2, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. At least 58 people were killed and 500 wounded at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Sunday night.
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Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images
Agents from the FBI continue to process evidence at the scene of a mass shooting on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas. Stephen Paddock opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday killing dozens and injuring hundreds.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
AP Photo/Gregory Bull
Flags are lowered to half-staff at the foot of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington as the sun rises on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in honor of the victims killed in the Las Vegas shooting. In the background is the U.S. Capitol dome.
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AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
Kim Bartlett, left, comforts Cassandra Johnson before a funeral for their coworker Erick Silva, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, in Las Vegas. Silva was working as a security guard when he was killed during a mass shooting Oct. 1, in Las Vegas.
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AP Photo/John Locher
Melissa Gerber, left, Nancy Hardy, center, and Sandra Serralde, all of Las Vegas, embrace as they look on crosses in honor of those killed in the mass shooting Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Las Vegas. A gunman opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday killing dozens and injuring hundreds.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
AP Photo/Gregory Bull
Kelsey Paris becomes emotional as she embraces her grandfather and Sonny Melton’s father, James Warren Melton, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, during Sonny’s visitation at Big Sandy High School in Big Sandy, Tenn. Sonny was killed during a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas.
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Morgan Timms/The Jackson Sun via AP
LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 2: Mourners attend a candlelight vigil at the corner of Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard for the victims of Sunday night’s mass shooting, October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Late Sunday night, a lone gunman killed more than 50 people and injured more than 500 people after he opened fire on a large crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a three-day country music festival. The massacre is one of the deadliest mass shooting events in U.S. history.
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Students from University of Nevada Las Vegas hold a vigil Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. A gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino hotel rained automatic weapons fire down on the crowd of over 22,000 at an outdoor country music festival Sunday.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
AP Photo/Gregory Bull
LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 02: A banner hangs on the fence at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds after a active shooter was reported on October 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A gunman opened fire on a music festival in Las Vegas, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 500 injured.
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A woman sits on a curb at the scene of a shooting outside of a music festival along the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. Victims were transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.
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WASHINGTON — A 27-year-old Anne Arundel County school graduate who was injured in the Las Vegas massacre took her first steps on Friday and continues to show signs of improvement, according to her family.
Tina Frost was shot in the face when Stephen Paddock opened fire on tens of thousands of concertgoers on Oct. 1, turning a country music festival into the scene of the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
Frost underwent surgery the day after the shooting and lost her right eye. Her family flew to Las Vegas to be with her and continues to provide updates on Frost’s progress through her GoFundMe page.
On Friday, Frost woke up and interacted with her family and boyfriend, Austin Hughes, who was at the concert with her.
“She opens her left eye just a lil and looks all around the room at us, taps her feet whenever music is playing, continues to squeeze our hands, and even gives Austin a thumbs up when asked,” the update reads.
Frost took her first steps with the assistance of some nurses and breathed on her own for six hours.
“She’s obviously anxious to get her wobble back on,” Frost’s mother shared.
Frost’s neurosurgeon, Dr. Keith Blum, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that her survival is miraculous. Blum performed the surgery on Frost the day after the shooting and saw no choice but remove her right eye and parts of her skull to give her brain room to swell.
“There’s a 90 percent mortality rate for people shot in the head,” Blum told the Review-Journal. “What you’re hoping for are skull fractures, people who’ve been grazed. High-velocity rifle bullets to the brain aren’t easy to deal with.”
A GoFundMe page set up for Frost’s medical bills has raised over $527,000, far surpassing the original goal of $50,000.
