By Larry Spilman
Jun 11, 2021
It was five years ago Saturday that gunfire erupted at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. Family and friends who lost loved ones are talking about the lingering pain. Christine Leinonen s son Christopher was among the 49 people who died I ll go to my death with my grief over my son losing his life, Leinonen said. As a mother, I was always anticipating his future. Dr. Chadwick Smith had no idea he d face the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in U.S. history up to that time when he went to work at Orlando Health Regional Medical Center. Then Pulse victims began streaming into ORMC s trauma center.
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It s been five years since a gunman killed 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Florida.
Lawmakers on Saturday mourned the victims and vowed to continue fighting for gun reform.
Years after the shooting, Florida has still not made any drastic changes to its gun control laws, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Saturday marks the five-year anniversary of the fatal shootings at Pulse Nightclub in Florida.
In commemoration of the event, the Senate earlier this week unanimously passed legislation designating the gay club a national memorial. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden to sign.
Lawmakers over the weekend continued to mourn the 49 victims.
Saturday, June 12, 2021 - 6:59 am
POTSDAM The Potsdam Town Board passed a resolution at its meeting June 8 endorsing President Biden’s 2021 Gay, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month Proclamation. The resolution also endorsed calls for support for the LGBTQ+ community and support for additional laws to enforce LGBTQ+ civil rights. On his first day in office Biden signed an executive order directing all federal agencies that enforce federal laws prohibiting sex discrimination to also prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in areas including but not limited to employment, housing, health care, education, and credit. Since then he doubled down on the measure after proclaiming June 2021 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month. “Our Nation also continues to face tragic levels of violence against transgender people, especially transgender women of color. And we are still haunted
5 years later: Orlando remembers the Pulse nightclub shooting
By FOX 35 News Staff
Published
49 lives were lost at the nightclub on June 12, 2016.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orlando community is joining together to remember the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting on its five-year commemoration.
Bells will toll at noon in Orlando on Saturday in honor of the victims. At night a remembrance ceremony will be held.
While devastated and mourning, Orlando pulled together and stood united in the face of adversity. Citizens joined first responders and officials in aiding the surviving victims. Dozens were saved thanks to the quick actions of those first responders and medical professionals.