It’s been seven years since 49 lives were taken at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Since June 12th, 2016, there have been 3,563 mass shootings [as of 9 AM (GMT) 12/06/23].
And while today is remembrance for those we lost in the Pulse shooting, I can’t help but be angry because I know that 49 people died and nothing was done to prevent it from happening again.
Especially considering that Orlando, which became the deadliest mass shooting to have happened in modern-day USA, became the second deadliest mass shooting after the massacre in Paradise, Nevada – just 15 months later. How no practical action was taken to prevent another atrocity like this, leading to a further 411 injured and 61 deaths in Nevada… Baffles me.
Let’s remember those we lost at Pulse and feel the shame that we promised to do better, and failed them.
- Akyra Monet Murray, 18
- Jason B. Josaphat, 19
- Luis O. Ocasio-Capo, 20
- Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21
- Cory J. Connell, 21
- Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22
- Juan R. Guerrero, 22
- Luis S. Vielma, 22
- Stanley Almodovar III, 23
- Jonathan A. Camuy Vega, 24
- Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24
- Christopher J. Sanfeliz, 24
- Amanda Alvear, 25
- Juan Chavez-Martinez, 25
- Tevin E. Crosby, 25
- Anthony L. Laureano Disla, 25
- Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25
- Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25
- Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25
- Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25
- Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26
- Mercedez M. Flores, 26
- Frank Hernandez, 27
- Jean C. Nieves Rodriguez, 27
- Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28
- Darryl R. Burt II, 29
- Antonio D. Brown, 30
- Miguel A. Honorato, 30
- Eddie J. Justice, 30
- Simon A. Carrillo Fernandez, 31
- Jerald A. Wright, 31
- Deonka D. Drayton, 32
- Christopher A. Leinonen, 32
- Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32
- Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33
- Martin Benitez Torres, 33
- Shane E. Tomlinson, 33
- Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34
- Jean C. Mendez Perez, 35
- Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35
- Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36
- Kimberly Morris, 37
- Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37
- Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37
- Luis D. Conde, 39
- Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40
- Paul T. Henry, 41
- Brenda L. Marquez McCool, 49
- Franky J. Dejesus Velazquez, 50
[1]. Shooting Stats – https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/past-tolls
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