See a live view as the Eiffel tower lights up to honor the 49 victims of #OrlandoShooting /8xuFX8AJNW- CNN June 13, 2016Įarlier, officials had said the dead numbered 50, but clarified that they were including the gunman.Īuthorities said Mateen entered the club about 2 a.m. flag and the other half in the colors of the rainbow flag. In Paris, a city that knows the pain of terror, half the Eiffel Tower was lit in the colors of the U.S. Vigils were held across the world as the names of those killed at the club were released and survivors described the horror of the massacre. “Our community is still in shock,” he said. David Baker-Hargrove of Two Spirit said turnout was light so far but he expects that to change.ĭavid Baker-Hargrove, who's organizing #Orlando counseling: "Most of us in the community did not sleep last night." /SWimlWyycL- Eliott C.
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The nightclub itself was unapproachable because it’s a crime scene, but dozens of bouquets had been left beside the sign of Orlando Regional Medical Center, where many of the wounded were taken.Īt the First Unitarian Church of Orlando, free counseling was offered by Two Spirit, a group that works with the local LGBT community. That horrific event is not our city.”įolks have laid bouquets on #Orlando hospital sign just blocks from #PulseNighClubShooting. Blood was collected in Orlando until 4 a.m. Susan Forbes, spokesman for the OneBlood bloodbank, said 5,500 units were collected across the state to help the wounded. In Orlando, people grappled with the magnitude of the horror: One man armed with an assault rifle and a pistol managed to kill 49 people and wound another 53 inside a gay nightclub.īut there were elements of hope.
Democrat Hillary Clinton called for a ban on assault weapons and Republican Donald Trump once again said the United States needs to ban Muslims from entering the country. The presumptive presidential nominees weighed in. “He consumed a hell of a lot of jihadist propaganda” online, the source said. Investigators are “highly confident” the gunman was self-radicalized through the internet, Comey said.Īccording to one official, analysis of Mateen’s electronic devices showed searches for jihadist propaganda, including videos of ISIS beheading videos and of Anwar al-Awlaki – an influential American-born imam who worked as a spokesman for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and was killed in 2011. Agents found no reason to think he was a credible threat, Comey said. In Washington, FBI Director James Comey defended the agency’s investigation of Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard from Fort Pierce, Florida, who was placed on a terror watch list and was looked into twice. He said there wasn’t any evidence the attacker was under direction from a terrorist network, or carrying out any group’s larger plot. The attack appears to be “homegrown terrorism” carried out by legally purchased firearms, President Barack Obama said in the Oval Office. Muslim leaders: Extremists don’t define us.Obama confronts Trump on ‘radical Islam’.I am reminded daily by so many just how much. I have turned my sorrows into love and progress. I’ll never forget visiting #Pulse and instantly becoming overwhelmed with emotions. Others used the hashtag as a way to commemorate the lives of those killed in the shooting, tweeting, "remember the 49 (predominantly LatinX/LGBTQ+) victims who were killed at the Orlando Pulse shooting 1 year ago and then #HonorThemWithAction." Another follower shared their personal connection to the events, tweeting, "Two years ago today 49 humans were killed because of hate. Have the hard conversation today about #GunViolence in America. Today we remember & mourn but we must, must, must #HonorThemWithAction in every community, city & state. #HonorThemWithAction." Senator Chuck Schumer also called for a change in gun reform laws, tweeting, "2 yrs ago today, 49 beautiful lives were taken from us far too soon. We urge our elected officials to pass common-sense gun violence protection measures. "It has been 730 days since this tragedy yet nothing has changed. "Today, marks two years since 49 lives were senselessly taken at Pulse nightclub," HRC tweeted.
The hashtag's timeline was filled with calls for change, including a tweet from the Human Rights Campaign.
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