>>> IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TOMORROW
ON A SUNDAY MORNING LIKE THIS
WHEN WE CAME INTO WORK TO EARLY
REPORTS OF A SHOOTING AT A CLUB
IN ORLANDO.
WE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH MORE.
BY THE END OF THE MORNING WE
WERE COVERING THE WORST MASS
SHOOTING IN THE HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
FOR OUR SUNDAY CLOSER GABE
GUTIERREZ RETURNS TO ORLANDO AND
PULSE NIGHTCLUB ONE YEAR LATER.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A PLACE
CALLED PULSE, A SIMPLE LIFE.
BUT ON THAT NIGHT CAME DEATH.
49 LIVES GONE, COUNTLESS OTHERS
CHANGED FOREVER.
>> GETTING THAT PHONE CALL IS
SOMETHING I DON'T THINK MY BRAIN
WILL EVER ERASE.
>> I GOT CLOSER TO THE HOSPITAL,
IT BECAME VERY REAL.
>> BY THE GRACE OF GOD I'M
ALIVE.
IT'S A MIRACLE THAT I'M HERE.
>> I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT
WAS LIKE TO BE TRULY HAPPY.
>> Reporter: FOR THESE FOUR THE
JOURNEY HAS BEEN GRUELING.
>> HAS THE MAGNITUDE OF IT ALL
SUNK IN YET EVEN A YEAR LATER?
>> IT'S STILL SURREAL.
>> Reporter: ANGEL CLONE WAS
SHOT SIX TIMES.
>> I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD MAKE
IT OUT, I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
SEEING THE BODIES, NOT MANY
PEOPLE WERE MOVING.
THE SHOOTER WAS IN THE ROOM AND
I HAD TO PUT MY HEAD DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW I HAD THE
STRENGTH TO NOT SCREAM, THE
STRENGTH TO NOT MOVE WHEN HE
SHOT ME AGAIN.
>> A YEAR LATER HE HAS ENDURED
FOUR SURGERIES AND MONTHS OF
REHAB.
HE HAS FOUND THE STRENGTH TO
WALK AGAIN.
BUT HE'S ALSO FOUND A NEW VOICE,
BECOMING AN ADVOCATE FOR TOUGHER
GUN LAWS, LOBBYING CAPITOL HILL.
>> I JUST WANT TO REPRESENT
THOSE BEAUTIFUL SOULS THAT WE
LOST.
I WANT TO DO THE BEST THAT I CAN
FOR THEM.
>> Reporter: AMONG THOSE LOST
32-YEAR-OLD CHRIS FETOPHER LINENEN.
>> WHEN DO YOU MISS HIM THE
MOST?
>> AT HIS BIRTHDAY.
I MISSED HIM AT MOTHER'S DAY.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY SON IT.
>> Reporter: HIS MOTHER
CHRISTINE WAS A TORTURED FACE OF
HEART BREAK RIGHT AFTER THE
MASSACRE.
HER DESPERATION BEAMED AROUND
THE WORLD AS SHE SEARCHED IN
VAIN FOR HER ONLY SON.
>> THE HARDER I WOULD HAVE TRIED
TO NOT FEEL GRIEF THE MORE IT
WOULD HAVE DESTROYED ME.
I DECIDED TO MAKE GRIEF MY
CONSTANT COMPANION.
>> Reporter: THAT GRIEF HELPED
HER FIND HER VOICE, TOO.
>> EVEN IN THE MIDST OF EVIL YOU
HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THE GOODNESS
OF MAN.
>> Reporter: DR. MICHAEL CHEATUM
IS ONE OF THE TRAUMA SURGEONS AT
ORLANDO MEDICAL CENTER.
HAD YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS?
>> NOT TO THIS MAGNITUDE.
PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO
DESCRIBE IT IS IT WAS CONTROLLED
CHAOS.
WHAT WE HAVE TAKEN ON IS THE
TASK OF GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY
AND SPEAKING TO HOSPITALS AND
GROUPS.
THEY WILL EXPERIENCE AN EVENT
LIKE THIS.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF IF IT'S A
QUESTION OF WHEN.
>> Reporter: THE OTHER QUESTION,
THE FUTURE OF PULSE.
>> THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO SAY
TEAR IT DOWN, THERE ARE SOME
PEOPLE WHO SAY REOPEN IT.
>> COULD YOU EVER REOPEN.
>> I DON'T THINK I --
>> Reporter: BARBARA PULLMAN
OWNS PULSE.
IT BECAME A SAFE PLACE FOR THE
LBGTQ COMMUNITY.
>> THIS PLACE IS BUILT OUT OF
LOVE AND SO WHEN THIS TRAGEDY
HAPPENED HERE, YOU KNOW, IT
BROKE MY HEART.
>> WHAT HAVE YOU MISSED THE MOST
ABOUT THIS PLACE?
>> I MISS -- I MISS EVERYTHING
ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: ON JUNE 12th, 2016,
SO MUCH WAS LOST, BUT FOR THESE
FOUR WHO LIVE THROUGH THE
HORROR, SO MUCH WAS FOUND.
>> YOU HAVE TO PREPARE.
YOU HAVE TO TRAIN.
YOU HAVE TO DRILL.
>> I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO BE A
VOICE BEHIND THE HORROR.
>> WATCHING IT TRANSFORM INTO A
PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO HONOR OUR
49 ANGELS, IT'S WHAT GETS ME OUT
OF BED EVERY DAY.
>> FORGIVENESS IS THE KEY TO
MOVE FORWARD.
I WILL FORGIVE.
I WILL NEVER FORGET.