A Las Vegas resident asked actor and TV host Mike Rowe for a "comforting word” after the mass shooting there that took the lives of 59 people and injured more than 500 others. And as always, Rowe delivered.

What did the resident ask?

Molly Carr wrote to Rowe: " I live in Las Vegas, and I’ve seen you here often. Once, in the lobby at Mandalay Bay. We’re all shattered here, obviously. A comforting word from you would go a long way…"

What did Rowe say?

Rowe explained at first that he didn’t think his words could comfort the pain that she felt, while also explaining that his initial thoughts about hearing the news of the shooting was whether or not he had been in the same areas of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino as the shooter.

Rowe said he was "struck by how unknowingly we rub elbows with evil. How we share the highways and bi-ways with hollowed-out men and craven women whose capacity for wickedness knows no bounds.” Then he found the capacity to offer comfort.

"I’m sorry, Molly. I know these are not comforting words. The world is as uncertain as the people in it, and we share this rock with some very uncertain folks. But we also share it with living proof that hope will never die,” he wrote before showing Molly where the hope lies after the tragedy.

The men who threw themselves over other people’s children: "They are no less real than the killer, and they are still with us."

The woman who loaded wounded strangers into her car and drove them out of harm’s way.

The hundreds of first responders who risk their lives every day.

The hundreds of anonymous citizens who stood in line to give their blood.

The fact all good people are shattered, and that you are not alone.

In the end, Rowe said his words don’t have the capacity to offer the hope and comfort Molly seeks:

But there are people among us who restore my faith in the species, even as others seek to rob me of it. I can introduce you to those people. That’s what I’ve tried to do with my little slice of cyber space, and that’s what I can do today. The same thing I do every Tuesday.

Rowe then shared the story of a woman named "Momma Ginger,” who, along with her “Soup Ladies,” wait for a disaster to strike so they can drive to the disaster-zone and provide soup and food for first responders.

"It sounds like a small thing. It isn’t. When it comes to kindness, there are no small things. And when it comes to keeping hope alive, our first responders are the best example there is. This is the woman who takes care of them. In fact, she's on her way to your city right now,” Rowe said. "Take comfort in her."

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