Douglas High grad, Vegas concert shooting hero competes tonight on 'Deal or No Deal'
UPDATE: Justin Uhart was met with several surprises Wednesday night, even though he missed the opportunity of picking the $1 million Case in "Deal or No Deal." Uhart instead walked away with $120K. Go here for the full story.
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Justin Uhart, a 2010 graduate of Douglas High School who lives in Las Vegas and is from Minden will be vying for $1 million Wednesday night on CNBC's popular gameshow "Deal or No Deal."
Uhart, a mortgage loan officer at Cardinal Financial Company inn Las Vegas, was working as a bartender the night of the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting at the Route 91 country music festival that took the lives of 58 people and injured 851. On that night Uhart helped save the life of a woman, Jan Lambourne, visiting from Canada, he found seriously injured. Uhart helped get the woman into an ambulance and stayed with her through surgery and called her family.
Go here to read more about Uhart and here for the "Deal Or No Deal" clip announcing Wednesday night's show.
"Deal or No Deal" is hosted by comedian Howie Mandel and will air as the episode "Cowboy Up" at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Wednesday night on CNBC.