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Five Years After the Pulse Nightclub Attack

Five Years After the Pulse Nightclub Attack
SOLEDAD: IT’S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE THE MASS SHOOTING AT THE PULSE NIGHTCLUB IN ORLANDO THA OUR AFFILIATE IN ORLANDO, SHWE 2, WAS AT THE SCENE ON JUNE 12, 2016. THEY CAPTURED THE ANGUH.IS THEY HAVE FOLLOWED SOME OFHE T SURVIVORS, INCLUDING NORMAN CASIANO-MOCAJI HE WAS SHOT TWICE IN THE BACK AND THEN SUFFERED PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE, PTSD, AND DEPRESSION. >> THERE’S STILL THINGS THAT LIKE I SAW AND I WITNESSED THAT I NEVER IN A MILLION YRSEA THOUGHT THAT MY BRAIN WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PROCESS THAT STILL PLAY IN THE.ER I WA S IN SUCH A DARK MENTAL ACE.PL THAT SEEING WHERE I AM NOW, FIVE YEARS,ND A TAKING CARE OF MY MENTAL HEALTH THIS YEAR. 'I’S LIKE, I SOMETIMES HAVE TO TELL MYSELF, LIKE, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOURSELF A PAT ON THE BACK, YOU ARE LIKE YOU ARE DOING TS.HI I THINK ABOUT MY FRIENDS. I THINK ABT OULIKE, THE FACT THAT THEY PASSED, AND THAT I WANT TO MA TKEHEM PROUD. I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE, WHEREREV THEY ARE, TO BE ABLE TO SEE -- I’M GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIAL.ON BUT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TOEE S LIKE THAT WE, THOSE OF US ATTH DID SURVIVE, WE DESERVED TO SURVIVE AND WE ARE DOING WHAWET CAN WITH IT FOR THEM. SOLEDAD: SO, HOW WILL SURVIVSOR KEEP MOVING FORWD?AR WE INVITE YOU TO A SPECIAL STREAMING EVENT THAT EXAMINES THE JOURNEY TO HEALING AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY’S FIGHT FOR THE SUPPORT SERVICES MANWIY LL NEED FOR YEARS TO COME. PLEASE JOIN US FOR "LIFE
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Five Years After the Pulse Nightclub Attack
In 2016, Orlando saw one of deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. A shooter entered Pulse nightclub, locked the doors and gunned down 49 people. Now, five years later, survivors along with their families and friends are honoring those they lost. See “Life after Pulse,” a special streaming event focused on the LGBTQ community’s fight for support and the journey toward healing.

In 2016, Orlando saw one of deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. A shooter entered Pulse nightclub, locked the doors and gunned down 49 people. Now, five years later, survivors along with their families and friends are honoring those they lost. See “Life after Pulse,” a special streaming event focused on the LGBTQ community’s fight for support and the journey toward healing.

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