Six years ago, 49 people, mostly members of the Latinx LGBTQ+ community, were killed in the second deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Today, we honor and remember their lives as their legacies continue this Pride
Deonka Deidra DraytonAnthony Luis LaureanodislaAngel Mendez, standing outside the Orlando Regional Medical Center, holds up a cell phone photo trying to get information about his brother Jean C. Mendez.Amanda Alvear, 25 years oldAlvear posted Snapchat video from inside the club shortly before the shooting, ABC News confirmed. The videos, full of music and flashing lights, gave a feel for the atmosphere of the club.
"She was loving, she was caring, she always had an open ear, she always wanted to help people," Marte said."She had an amazing heart. She was a really good person."Luis Daniel Wilson-LeonFlores, a native of Queens, N.Y., moved to Florida as a child, AP reports. She studied at Valencia College and worked at Target. An aspiring party planner, she had plans to coordinate events with her brothers, both DJs.
Flores' family spent hours at Orlando Regional Medical Center waiting to hear news. Finally her father got a call from the sheriff's office in the early hours of Monday that Mercedez had been killed.Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years oldSimon Adrian Carrillo FernandezEnrique L. Rios, Jr.Rios was from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.
Camuy Vega, who had moved to central Florida from his native Puerto Rico, was an active member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.Rodolfo Ayala-AyalaBrenda Lee Marquez McCool/GoFundMe.com/ABC NewsChristopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years oldAngel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 years oldEsmerelda Leal wants the world to remember her son, Hernandez, as happy and full of life.
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