Club Q employees and performers are dealing with the tragedy of last week's shooting. The financial strain they're experiencing after the club shutdown is adding additional stress. Find out how you can help
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Club Q employees and performers have been dealing with the tragedy of the deadly mass shooting that took place at their work one week ago.
On top of that, they say they're also going through a financial strain since the club shut down. A GoFundMe page was set up Saturday.MORE | Here’s how Colorado can help the victims of the Club Q mass shooting in Colorado Springs Michael Anderson, a bartender at Club Q, was working the night a gunman opened fire, killing five people and injuring several others.
"I’m the only bartender left that worked here. It's just terrifying. It's just awful," said Anderson, who was working alongside Derrick Rump and Daniel Aston."There were multiple times that day I was seconds away from getting shot.""I think all of us are going through this weird process of you know, just battling emotions," he said."For me, it was my only source of income. So it's kind of an uneasy time right now.
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