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>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON
CLICKORLANDO DOT COM WITH
JUSTIN WARMOTH. GOOD MORNING.
I’M JUSTIN WARMOTH. YESTERDAY
MARKS 5 YEARS SINCE 49 LIVES
WERE TAKEN AT PULSE NIGHTCLUB
THAT NIGHT. THE DEVASTATED AND
UNITED THE ORLANDO COMMUNITY
THIS MORNING. NEWS 6
INVESTIGATOR. ERIK SANDOVAL.
WE’LL REFLECT ON WHAT IT WAS
LIKE COVERING THE MASS
SHOOTING AND HOW THE CITY
BEAUTIFUL WAS CHANGED FOREVER.
AND AS YOU REFLECT BACK ON ON
JUNE 12TH. WHAT COMES TO MIND.
IT WAS A DAY THAT QUITE
HONESTLY, NO CHANGE. MY LIFE
CHANGED THE LIVES OF EVERYBODY
WITHIN THE ORLANDO
>> YOU KNOW, IF I COULD JUST
TELL MY STORY. FROM MORNING.
REAL QUICKLY. IT WAS A SUNDAY
MORNING AND THAT SATURDAY MY
PHOTOGRAPHER AND I WERE SENT
TO TAMPA ACTUALLY TO COVER
DONALD TRUMP RALLY. SO WE ARE
ALREADY WORKING ON TRADITIONAL
6 DAY. WORKWEEK. NO PAST 2
O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING. MY
PHONE RINGS AND PICK IT UP AND
SEE THAT IT’S OUR BOSS.
ALLISON MCGINLEY SHE SAYS
YOU’RE THE ONLY PERSON WHO
PICKED UP HIS PHONE. WERE YOU
SLEEPING? OH, VERY LONG DAY.
YEAH. SHE SAID I HAVE ANOTHER
NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING. YOU KNOW,
HARKENING BACK TO CHRISTINA
GRIMMIE AT THE PLAZA ALSO DIED
THAT EXACT SAME WEEKEND HERE
IN ORLANDO. SHE SAID YOU’RE
THE ONLY PERSON WHO PICKED UP
HIS PHONE. I HAVE ANOTHER
NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING. I NEED
SOMEBODY THERE AND I’M PUT ON
MY JEANS WHERE YOU NEED TO GO,
WHERE GOING. THE MOMENT SHE
SAID POLLS SOMETHING INSIDE ME
CLICKED. YOU KNOW, I’M A
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY HERE
IN IN ORLANDO. SO I KNEW BUT I
ALSO THOUGHT MAYBE IT’S JUST A
DOMESTIC MAYBE IT’S JUST A YOU
KNOW, IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE
MAY HAVE COVERED ON A DAILY
BASIS AT LEE. MAKE IT DOWN
TOWARDS ORLANDO REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER. ORLANDO POLICE
HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED THEY
HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT
03:00AM WE GET TO THE 7 11
THERE AT ORANGE AND GORE RIGHT
BEFORE ORLANDO REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER IN ALL OF THE
TV STATIONS. THERE ARE WAITING
FOR ORLANDO POLICE TO SHOW UP.
AND THEY NEVER DO. AND SO I
TWEETED THEM. WHERE ARE YOU
GUYS WE’RE HERE WAITING AND
THEY RESPONDED ALL UPDATES ARE
GOING TO COME ON TWITTER NOW.
SO WE SAID, OK, SO WE MOVED AS
CLOSE AS WE COULD AND FOR ME
AND MY PHOTOGRAPHER. WE GOT
SEES EMERGENCY ROOM. AND THAT
IS WE SET UP SHOP, SO TO
SPEAK. AND WE PUT OUR LIVE
TRUCK TOWER APART MASKS UP.
AND WE WERE WALL TO WALL
COVERAGE FROM ABOUT. 3.15 ISH
3.20 IN THE MORNING. AND WE
DON’T KNOW ANYTHING. REALLY
DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING AT THAT
POINT. THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO
ASK IS WHEN WHEN DID YOU FEEL
THE.
>> THE LEVEL OF WHAT THIS WAS
WITH WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
WHO UNFORTUNATELY DIED. WHEN
DID THAT. WHEN DID YOU SUSPECT
SOMETHING. LIKE THAT. BECAUSE
I KNOW AT FIRST WE DIDN’T KNOW
ANYTHING. WE JUST KNEW THAT
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
GUNSHOTS SOME PEOPLE WHO WHO
WERE INJURED AND UNFORTUNATELY
DIED. BUT THE SHEER MAGNITUDE
OF IT, I DON’T THINK I’M
WONDERING WHEN DID YOU FEEL
THAT.
>> I THINK IT STARTED TO
SETTLE IN A LITTLE BIT AS WE
MADE OUR TRACK FROM THE SHORT
TRACK FROM THAT 7.11 TO
ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL
CENTER BECAUSE AS YOU TRAVELED
SOUTH ON ORANGE AVENUE. YOU
SAW PEOPLE WALKING UP THE
SIDEWALK HUDDLED AND BIG HUGS
AND SOBBING. FRANTICALLY
LOOKING FOR PEOPLE. AND I
THINK AT THAT MOMENT I
REALIZED THAT THIS WASN’T JUST
A DOMESTIC SQUABBLE GONE BAD
IN A PARKING I KNEW THIS THIS
WAS SOMETHING MORE. THE SECOND
THING THAT REALLY ALERTED ME
WAS RIGHT AT ORLANDO REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER I THINK IT’S
BRIAR. CLIFF IS THE NEWS. THE
STREET THERE. THEY SET UP
BARRICADES THERE. THEY
WOULDN’T ALLOW YOU ANY CLOSER
IN THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB AND.
ACTUALLY NOW THAT I THINK
ABOUT IT. THE SHEER SILENCE.
YEAH. PAST THAT POINT YOU CAN
HEAR SIRENS YOU DIDN’T HEAR IT
WASN’T A MASS RESPONSE OF
AMBULANCES, YOU KNOW, POLICE
AND FIRE. IT WAS JUST. QUIET.
AND THAT’S BECAUSE AT THAT
MOMENT WE NOW KNOW THEY WERE
TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH OMAR
MATEEN WAS STILL INSIDE THE
BUILDING HOLDING EVERYBODY.
THAT’S THAT’S KIND OF WHERE I
WAS GOING BECAUSE ALL YOU SEE
THE RESPONSE PEOPLE ARE.
OBVIOUSLY IN SHOCK. BUT ALL OF
THIS IS PLAYING OUT AS THEY’RE
TRYING TO TREAT THE WOUNDED.
HE IS STILL HOLED UP INSIDE
THE NIGHTCLUB AT THE TRIAGE
CENTER. 3 IRISH EINSTEIN
BAGELS WRITES THE STREET. IT
WAS SO CLOSE. I MEAN, THAT’S
WHAT I THINK WAS WAS CRAZY.
AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS, THEY CONTINUE
TO TRY TO GET HIM TO COME OUT
AND SURRENDER BECAUSE HE KEPT
FIRING SHOTS AS WELL AS
POLICE. THE NEXT FEW I THINK
THE MOMENT THAT STICKS WITH
PUT SO MANY PEOPLE, AS IS THE
PRESS THAT ORLANDO MAYOR BUDDY
DYER DELIVERED. IN THE MORNING
WHEN THE SUN WAS WE KNEW THAT
THERE WERE DOZENS OF PEOPLE
WHO UNFORTUNATELY DIED AT THAT
POINT. BUT WHEN HE SAID. 50,
INCLUDING THE SHOOTER 49 ABOUT
THAT. SO WHEN WE’RE LISTENING
TO THAT IN OUR EAR PIECE. AND
I NEVER USED ONE OF THE YEAR
PIECES LIKE YOU HAVE ON RIGHT
NOW. THEY AREN’T THE BEST
SOUND QUALITY. YOU KNOW, YOU
GET A LITTLE HINT. WHAT YOU’RE
HEARING WE THOUGHT HE SAID 15
WHICH SHOCKED US BECAUSE
THOUGHT 15 WAS A BIG DRIVER
AND THEN EVERYBODY IS NO 5050,
50. AND THEN THEY LATER
BACKTRACKED THEY WERE
COUNTING. MY TEAM IS ONE OF
THE VICTIMS IN THIS ONE. HE
REALLY WASN’T AT THE TIME IT
DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING IN
MODERN US HISTORY. HARD TO
WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND. A
NUMBER LIKE THAT. NOT THAT
NUMBER. IT’S INCREDIBLE WHEN
IT CAME OUT. I MEAN, IT JUST
IT FLOORED. I MEAN, I WAS IN
THE NEWSROOM. AND IT WAS AN
AUDIBLE. WHEN YOU WHEN YOU
HEAR THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE JUST GOING OUT TO ENJOY A
NIGHT OUT. WHEN HERE IS WHERE
YOU SEE WE CAN CIRCLE AND ALSO
BACK TO A VERY PERSONAL NOTE,
LIKE I MENTIONED, I’M A MEMBER
OF THE COMMUNITY HERE IN
ORLANDO. I WE’RE WE’RE ALL
LINED UP TOGETHER. ALL THE
STATIONS ARE LINED UP TOGETHER
IN A ROW AND WE’RE ALL FRIENDS
IN THE FIELD PHOTOGRAPHER FROM
ONE OF THE OTHER STATIONS WAS
RIGHT NEXT TO ME. AND, YOU
KNOW, IT’S ONE OF THE TIMES
AND WE WEREN’T ON TV WHERE THE
ANCHORS WERE TALKING.
>> AND HE WAVED OVER TO ME
BECAUSE DID YOU KNOW ANYBODY
WHO IS IN THERE. AND YOU KNOW,
WE’RE TALKING THIS IS 2, 3,
HOURS INTO OUR COVERAGE EVEN.
I DIDN’T EVEN LET THAT GET
INTO MY BRAIN AND THE MOMENT
HE ASKED ME THAT I JUST
STARTED PANICKING. MAYBE I DO
KNOW SOMEBODY WAS IN THERE AND
HE STARTED BREAKING DOWN
CRYING BECAUSE HE KNEW PEOPLE
WHO COULD HAVE BEEN THERE THAT
NIGHT AS A POPULAR PLACE. THAT
WAS I MEAN.
>> IT’S TO THIS DAY, IT’S
STILL YOU DRIVE BY AND IT
GIVES YOU THAT SENSE THAT THAT
FEELING IF YOU DRIVE BY THE
SOUTH DOWNTOWN THE SOTO AREA
YOU DRIVE BY POLLS AND IT’S
JUST FEELING OF REVERENCE. YOU
KNOW.
>> YOU I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN. SO I
MAKE THAT TREK QUITE A BIT.
AND WHEN I HEAD DOWN SOUTH
ORANGE AVENUE. WHEN I SEE THE
POLE SIDE EYE. TURN DOWN THE
AND I THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN THERE THAT THAT
NIGHT. YEAH. JUST TO TELL IT
STILL AFFECTS ME, BUT. YOU
KNOW, I DO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF. WHAT
DID THE DIE FOR WHY DID THEY
HAVE TO DIE AND WHY DID THIS
HAPPEN TO THEM. AND I REALLY
DON’T THINK WE’LL KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THAT I THINK THAT’S
BEYOND US. THE SILVER LINING
AND I YOU AND I HAVE TALKED
EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THIS, THE
SILVER LINE AND ALL OF THIS IS
THAT THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY CAME
SILVER LINE AND ALL OF THIS IS
THAT THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY CAME - Tell me know you did it. MORE SO THAN I’VE EVER I’VE
LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE
NEVER SEEN IT COME TOGETHER
LIKE IT AND THAT THAT
COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR
COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY. IT
REALLY DIDN’T FEEL LIKE A
COMMUNITY.
>> UNTIL THEN, ORLANDO
STRONGMEN, SOMETHING. IT STILL
DOES TO THIS DAY ORLANDO
UNITED. AND I I CAN SOMETHING
ABOUT THE I WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
THE CASTRO DISTRICT AND THEN I
ALSO LIVED IN DALLAS WHERE YOU
HAVE OAKLAWN AND THESE ARE
COMMUNITIES WHERE IT’S
TRADITIONALLY. PEOPLE WHO LIVE
IN THESE COMMUNITIES, US WHEN
MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE TO
ORLANDO. THERE WAS NO.
COMMUNITY, SO TO SPEAK, WHERE,
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CONGREGATED
PULSE WAS IN SOTO. THERE WERE
OTHER PLACES TO CONGREGATE
ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE TOOK THAT AS A SIGNAL THAT
THE CITY WAS. EMBRACING
COMFORTABLE, THAT IT REALLY
WASN’T, YOU PUSHING PEOPLE
INTO A COMMUNITY AND WE FELT
COMFORTABLE HERE AFTER JUNE
12, 2016. IT JUST. REALLY IT
WAS AN AVALANCHE OF LOVE.
COMING UP, WE’LL DISCUSS THE
PLANS FOR A PERMANENT MEMORIAL
AND MUSEUM AT PULSE AND WHY
SOME OF THE VICTIMS FAMILIES.
>> ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE
IDEA. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON CLICKORLANDO DOT COM WITH JUSTIN WARMOTH. WELCOME BACK.
AS WE CONTINUE TO REFLECT ON
THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING.
5 YEARS LATER, OUR GUEST THIS
MORNING IS NEWS. 6
INVESTIGATOR. ERIK SANDOVAL
WHO NOT ONLY WAS THE FIRST
REPORTER AT THE SCENE ON JUNE
1220, 16 BUT HAS ALSO COVERED
THE JOURNEY AND TRAUMA THAT
SURVIVORS EXPERIENCE EVERY
DAY. 5 YEARS AS WE REFLECT AND
- Tell me know you did it. REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF THE
PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING. YOU
HAVE DONE. CONTINUOUS STORIES
ON SOME OF THE FAMILIES OF THE
VICTIMS AND TALKING TO
SURVIVORS AS WELL. THAT’S
THAT’S THE NEXT FULL COVERING
A STORY LIKE THIS. IT’S ONE
THING TO COVER ITS AT THE SITE
TO COVER THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF
OF WHAT BUT THEN TAKING A NEXT
STEP AND TALKING TO THESE
FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE LEFT
WONDERING WHY MY LOVED ONE.
WHY ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW,
TO THAT POINT, 3RD TO TO ME,
AT LEAST THEY’RE NOT JUST
FAMILY MEMBERS. THEIR FRIENDS
DOWN FOR BETTER FOR WORSE. YOU
KNOW, WE WERE LOVE EACH OTHER.
AND YOU KNOW, WE LOOK OUT FOR
EACH OTHER, BUT I THINK 1 ONE
THAT JUMPS OUT TO MIND IS
CHRISTINE LEINONEN. I MET HER
ON THE STEPS OF ORLANDO
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER THE
MORNING OF JUNE 12TH HAD THERE
BEEN 4 OR 5 O’CLOCK IN THE
MORNING. SHE HEARD ABOUT THE
SHOOTING OR KNOW HER SON HAD
CALLED HER AND TELLING HER
THERE WAS A SHOOTING. SHE
JUMPED UP OUT OF BED DROVE
FROM LAKELAND TO ORLANDO AND
WAS FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR
HER SON. WE INTERVIEWED SHE
FOUND OUT THE NEXT DAY. THE
TRUE HER HAD DIED ALONG WITH
HIS BOYFRIEND. BROKE OUR
HEARTS, DEVASTATED CHRISTINE
AND SINCE THEN HAS HAS RAISED
QUESTIONS AT LEGITIMATE
QUESTIONS WHERE SOME OF THE
MONEY WITH THE ONE FOUNDATION
IS GOING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE
MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM. YOU KNOW,
AND IF YOU’VE SEEN IT THERE
SCHEMATICS OUT THERE THAT ARE,
YOU KNOW, DID SHOWING THE
DESIGN AT THIS MUSEUM AND AND
WHAT THEY WANT THE POLL SITE
TO LOOK LIKE. PART OF IT IS A
MULTI STORY TOWER THAT IS
GOING TO BE NEAR I-FOUR. YOU
KNOW, DOES NOT WANT A BILL.
SHE SAID SHE CLAIMS THE OWNERS
OF POLLS ARE NOW MAKING MONEY
OFF THE DEATH OF HER SON.
SHE’S ANGRY RIGHTFULLY SHE
LOST A LOVED ONE AND SHE HAS
BASICALLY LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN
TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THIS MEMORIAL AND STOP POLLS
FROM BEING A TOURIST
ATTRACTION THAT GENERATES
REVENUE. SHE UNDERSTANDS
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME PAY
THEIR RESPECTS. SHE TOTALLY
GETS THAT. BUT AS FAR AS A
MONEY-MAKING OPPORTUNITY. THAT
IS WHAT SHE IS SHE AN IDEA OF
WHAT WOULD BE THE OPTIMAL WAIT
TO. REMEMBER THE VICTIMS AND
IN SOME SORT OF CAPACITY. WHAT
WHAT IS SHE IN VISION. I DON’T
WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR
MOUTH. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
SHE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH
POLL STAYING WHERE IT IS.
PEOPLE COMING TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS. YOU KNOW, MAYBE
MONEY GOING TOWARD
SCHOLARSHIPS GOING TOWARDS
HELPING, YOU KNOW, YOU FOR.
LATIN X SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT SHE IS JUST STEADFAST
AGAINST SOMETHING THAT WOULD
BE A TOURIST ATTRACTION TO
HELP GENERATE MONEY FOR. I
GUESS IN HER WORDS, SHE
DOESN’T KNOW WHAT AND SO MANY
IT YOUR STORY A FEW WEEKS AGO
REALLY RESONATED WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE AS WELL. JUST TO THIS
DAY. THESE SURVIVORS CONTINUE
TO DEAL WITH ROADBLOCK AFTER
ROADBLOCK AND AND REALLY IT’S
IT’S THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU
REPORTED YOUR AIR. TONY
MARRERO HAD I MEAN, THIS
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY RE
THEY’RE WARNING IF THEY WANT
THE MONEY BACK AND IT BUT WHAT
RESONATED WITH ME. ASIDE FROM
HOW BAD THAT WAS IS THAT HE
CERTAINLY IS NOT THE ONLY ONE
WHO’S DEALING WITH THAT
ANYWAY, RIGHT THAT THAT’S HIS
FEAR. AND YOU I SAID WE WERE
FRIENDS. WE’RE FRIENDS ON
FACEBOOK. HE REACHED OUT AND
THIS IS GOING ON. YOU KNOW,
GOT SOCIAL SECURITY HELP. HE
WAS SHOT 4 TIMES IN THE BACK.
HE THEY WANTED TO REMOVE HIS
LEFT ARM. THEY SAVED IT AND
IT’S STILL VERY SCARRED. BUT
HIS FULL USE OF IT. THANK
SOCIAL SECURITY WANTED TO
RETROACTIVELY DISQUALIFIED HIM
FROM SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
AND THEY CLAIM THAT HE OWED
THEM. $20,000. AND THAT’S WHEN
HE REACHED OUT TO US, WE
CONTACTED SOCIAL SECURITY.
THEY STARTED AN INVESTIGATION
AND WITHIN 4 DAYS THEY CLEARED
HIM OF $20,000 AND ACTUALLY
SAID, OH, NO, YOU 1500. STILL.
THEY DID THE RIGHT THING. BUT
HOW MANY OTHER SURVIVORS MAY
BE GOING THROUGH THE SAME
THING. HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE
WHO MAY NOT HAVE, SIR. I MEAN
OUTSIDE OF POLLS RIGHT. MAYBE
GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING
BECAUSE OF A CLERICAL ERROR.
CORRECT. IT’S A BIGGER
QUESTION. IT’S A IT’S BEEN A
FIGHT TO ALSO PROVIDE. MONEY
AND SUPPORTS OVER THE LAST 5
YEARS. AND WE’VE DONE NUMEROUS
STORIES ABOUT WHAT THE
LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED AND
OFFERING SUPPORT TO THE TO THE
SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF THE
PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING AND
IT’S JUST BEEN RECENTLY IT AND
THAT’S WHAT’S TROUBLING, I
GUESS IS THE RIGHT WORD TO USE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH
SO MUCH AND CONTINUE TO HAVE
TO FIGHT FOR THINGS THAT YOU
WOULD IMAGINE. I WOULD JUST BE
THERE FOR THEM. THE RESOURCES
WOULD WOULD BE THERE AND HELP
THEM GET THROUGH. EVERY YEAR.
THEY HAVE EVERY DAY. I IMAGINE
THEY GO THROUGH AND THINK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT
THEY EXPERIENCE THE LOVED ONES
THAT THEY PROBABLY LOST. BUT
EVERY YEAR THAT PASSES, IT’S
EVEN GREATER. THEY NEED IS
GREATER. NEED IS GREAT
ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU KNOW, YOU
MENTIONED, THIS WHOLE THING
WITH SOCIAL SECURITY SET OFF
HIS PTSD. AND SO HE HAD TO GO
BACK TO COUNSELING. SO IT’S A
NEVER ENDING CYCLE. KNOW
SOMETHING TO THE WEEKEND 12TH
WEEKEND IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW,
TRIGGER SOMETHING IN MANY
PEOPLE THEY’RE GOING TO NEED
COUNSELING. YOU’RE TALKING
ABOUT THE GOVERNOR’S VETO OF
COUNSELING SERVICES THAT THE
CENTER WAS GOING TO USE THE
CENTER HERE YOU KNOW, COULD
TALK ABOUT THE ZEBRA COALITION
VETO AS WELL, WHICH IS HELPING
HOMELESS YOUTH. INTO THE
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE. OF COURSE,
SAID NO. THE MONEY IS THERE.
IT’S JUST IN A DIFFERENT POT
AND IT’S GOING TO COME FROM A
DIFFERENT LOCATION. STILL THE
OPTICS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
THAT THE MONEY DID NOT GO
DIRECTLY TO HELP THE VICTIMS
OF THIS TRAGEDY I THINK A LOT
OF THEM ARE UPSET ABOUT THAT
AS WE DO AS WE DO MARK, 5
YEARS SINCE OPPOSE IT. I’M
CURIOUS JUST. ON A PERSONAL
NOTE HERE. HOW WILL YOU
REFLECT WHAT WILL WHAT WILL
THAT WHAT WILL THIS WEEKEND
MEAN TO YOU AS YOU LOOK BACK
AND WHAT WE THINK ABOUT WHAT
WILL YOU TALK ABOUT WITH LOVED
ONES, HOW HOW ARE YOU GOING
REMEMBER THE VICTIMS THIS
WEEKEND. IT’S GOING TO BE BUT
I’VE ALREADY I I’VE ALREADY
POSITION MYSELF I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT TO SHARE JUST LIKE
WE’RE SHARING NOW SHARE WHAT
HAPP WHAT HAPPENED THAT
MORNING THROUGH MY EYES, BUT
ALSO LISTEN TO HOW IT HAPPENED
THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE’S EYES. I
THINK THE LISTENING IS WHAT’S
MOST IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY WITH
THE FRIENDS YOU MAY HAVE MADE
THE PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE LIVED
HERE IN ORLANDO AT THE TIME
WHO REMEMBERED IT AND WANT TO
SHARE THEIR STORY. AND I THINK
PEOPLE WANTING TO SHARE THEIR
STORY AS A WAY OF THEIR OWN
THERAPY. DEALING WITH THINGS
AND PROCESSING THINGS EVEN 5
YEARS LATER. I’M I’M GOING TO
BE SPEAKING WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO OUT OF TOWN THAT
WEEKEND I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT
TO SHARE WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE
THERE ARE LESSONS THAT CAN BE
LEARNED. BUT THERE’S ALSO
LESSONS THAT I CAN LEARN FROM
THE REACTION OF OTHER PEOPLE
TO THE LISTENING. BOTTOM LINE
IS THAT THIS IS GOING TO
IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND
TRIGGERED PTSD AND AND TO
REMEMBER YOUR YOUR NEIGHBORS
OUT THERE. ABSOLUTELY THE
PEOPLE WHO STILL LIVE HERE IN
ORLANDO ARE GREATLY AFFECTED
BY WHAT HAPPENED ABSOLUTELY.
IF IT WASN’T JUST THE CAKE
COMMUNITY RIGHT NEXT COMMUNITY
THAT IT AFFECTED EFFECTED
EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
NOBODY SAW THIS COMING. IT WAS
JUST A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DAY.
MY THANKS TO ERIC FOR THAT.
CANDID AND OPEN CONVERSATION
TO READ MORE ABOUT
REMEMBRANCES THAT WERE HELD
LAST WEEKEND TO WATCH THE
CEREMONY THAT TOOK PLACE LAST
NIGHT AT THE INTERIM MEMORIAL
JUST HEAD TO CLICK ORLANDO,
DOT COM SLASH BULLS. I’M
JUSTIN WARMOTH. HAVE A GREAT
SUNDAY.
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