Guests staying at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas described the confusion that occurred after a Tesla Cybertruck filled with explosives exploded outside the luxury hotel the day before — sending some, including older guests, down dozens of flights of stairs.
The stunning explosion carried out by active duty Army member Matthew Livelsberger on Wednesday rocked the gleaming 64-story tower and disturbed tourists who were in Sin City to ring in the new year.
“Someone knocked on the door and said, ‘You have to get out.’ There was an explosion.” “We jumped out and got dressed,” Australian tourist Linda Murray, 71, told The Post Thursday.
Murray, who was staying in adjoining rooms near the top of the hotel with her children and seven grandchildren, said that by the time the whole family was together, the elevators were out of order so they had to walk down 55 flights of stairs.
The couple, Lauren Stroup, 31, and Elad Levy, 34, were on their way to check out the property around the time of the explosion.
“We were just coming down to check out, and the elevator wasn't working, so we went down the stairs from the 29th floor,” said Stroup, of Asbury Park, New Jersey.
“There was a Trump Hotel employee who told us what was happening, and they evacuated everyone to a parking lot next to the hotel.”
Hotel guests were asked to hand over information to Las Vegas authorities before they could leave the building.
“They had to take our names and dates of birth. We had our passports. Not everyone had theirs. We took all this information, and then we were allowed out,” said Murray, who lives in Sydney.
“Then we came to the mall, I think at the other end, and we sat down and had a great meal and relaxed and got our thoughts together.”
Cindy Banolos, who was traveling from Glendora, California, described communication between hotel staff and guests as hit or miss.
She ended up staying in her room all day without room service.
“Luckily, I had some supplies and some leftovers from New Year's Eve to eat, and some food to eat,” she told The Post.
“I stayed in the room, and there was no call until late afternoon from the valet, telling me they were unable to get the car out.”
“The accommodations are beautiful here,” she added. “I think they were really surprised that it happened.”
While investigators were still investigating the motive behind the explosion of Livelsberger, 37, who shot himself before the car caught fire, it was business as usual at the Trump Hotel on Thursday as guests streamed in and out of the hotel.
The Cybertruck was even parked in the same lane less than 36 hours after the scary accident.
One of the workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was outside the home during the explosion but indicated that he would have been standing near where the explosion occurred. He came to work later that day.
The employee came Thursday even though he was originally out to help, he said, because “this is my house.”
While 17-year-old Sebastian Garcia, of Los Angeles, was sleeping during the explosion, the blast woke up his 50-year-old mother, Monica Acosta.
“She said she felt a roaring sensation in the building and later saw smoke coming from the hallway downstairs,” Garcia recounted.
“She thought maybe someone was messing with fireworks in another area. That's what she thought because she heard like they were lighting some fireworks.”
Livelsberger packed fireworks into the vehicle, but the truck absorbed most of the force and contained the explosion, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said Thursday.
Seven people were slightly injured and there was no real damage to the hotel.
