IPhoto deleted Last Import!

Last night I went to a concert and as usual I tried to upload my pictures to my Mac through iPhoto from my iPhone 5. Immediately after I clicked delete pictures from my iPhone to free up space, it deleted the library that I had just created with all of my pictures from last night in it. I check everywhere and they're no where to be found! If anyone knows a way to fix this PLEASE help!!

Try the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and rebuild the library.
2 - Run Option #4, Rebuild Database.
OT

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