• On June 12th, 2016, Orlando Torres spent three hours huddled in a bathroom at Pulse nightclub, desperately trying not to attract the attention of the gunman. Torres and Timothy Stanley, one of the SWAT officers who rescued him, visited the WMFE studios five years after the shooting to talk about their experience.
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• President Joe Biden was scheduled to sign legislation late this afternoon declaring the site of the Pulse nightclub massacre a national memorial.
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• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has taken a formal step toward sending a bill to President Joe Biden that designates the site of the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in American history as a national memorial.
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• State and local leaders, along with Pulse representatives marked five years since 49 people were killed at the Pulse nightclub shooting in a memorial in Orlando on Saturday night. Along with these dignitaries, a very special sign of hope also made an appearance.
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• Orlando is paying tribute to the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, five years ago. The bell at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Orlando tolled 49 times as the names were read out.
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• The 49 victims who were massacred at a gay nightclub shooting in Florida are being honored this week with a community run, a museum exhibit, a mass yoga session, a gay chorus performance and a street dance party.
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• More jobs are returning to Florida as the pandemic-induced recession – which put thousands out of work – comes to an end. However, many companies say that they are having a hard time finding people to fill them.
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