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00:00Went to the bathroom and that's when we heard the first shots fired and at first
00:05we didn't know what was happening and we kind of looked at each other and he said
00:07what is that and I was like I'm not sure it sounds like the music is broken or
00:12something and then people started piling in the bathroom and you could smell this
00:18scent of blood and smoke and then my eyes got really big and I looked at him
00:25and I said we have to leave we have to get out of here.
00:28The one thing that is clear what happened in Orlando now looms front and center over
00:32this race for the White House.
00:35This morning Donald Trump not just doubling down on his controversial Muslim ban he now
00:40wants to expand it saying people from any country with the history of terrorism should not be
00:45allowed into the US.
00:47We cannot continue to allow thousands upon thousands of people to pour into our country many of
00:54whom have the same thought process as this savage killer.
00:59And in the wake of the Orlando massacre Trump says he's the best candidate for the gay community.
01:04Hillary Clinton can never claim to be a friend of the gay community as long as she continues
01:10to support immigration policies that bring Islamic extremists to our country.
01:15In what was billed as a major terrorism speech Trump surrounded by teleprompters but veering off
01:21script with this misleading statement about the New York born shooter.
01:25The killer whose name I will not use or ever say was born an Afghan of Afghan parents who immigrated to
01:35the United States in the battleground state of Ohio. Inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric hurts the vast
01:43majority of Muslims who love freedom and hate terror. Hillary Clinton's call for tougher gun laws
01:49drawing a standing ovation. I believe weapons of war have no place on our streets.
01:56In 2016, Donald Trump ran a campaign that largely avoided discussing LGBT rights and when cornered
02:09on the topic he deflected or couched his answers in economics. For example when asked about a recent
02:15North Carolina law that banned transgender people from public bathrooms, Trump responded that the
02:21law was not worth the economic hardship. The law caused problems for North Carolina with many
02:26organizations considering pulling their business. By claiming what everyone else already believed,
02:32that the law would cause economic hardship, Trump managed to be on the right side of history in that
02:37moment even if his reasoning was financial and not moral. In the same interview he was asked if
02:43Republican Caitlyn Jenner would be allowed to use the bathroom at Trump Tower and Trump said yes.
02:49Of course this is such a low bar that anyone could have leapt over it. It was already the law in New
02:55York anyway, but the talking point is now so entrenched and the news cycles go so quickly that
03:00many are likely to still remember this more than what is actually happening right now. So we'll only take
03:06into consideration Trump himself, his advisors under his authority, and the cabinet under his authority,
03:12meaning the vice president and the executive departments. The rest of the Republican Party is
03:17another topic altogether. On January 20, 2017, mere minutes after being sworn into office,
03:22the Trump administration removed any reference to the LGBT community from White House, Department
03:26of Labor, and Department of State websites. On the same day, Mike Pence became vice president. Pence
03:30spent his life both in politics and on the radio as one of America's leading anti-gay figures.
03:35On February 7, Betsy DeVos assumed her office as head of the Department of Education. DeVos has ties to
03:39anti-gay organizations. On February 22, Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions removed Title IX protection for
03:45transgender students. On March 30, the Trump administration removed the LGBT community from
03:49both the National Survey of Older Americans Act and Annual Program Performance Report for Centers for
03:54Independent Living. These are surveys that are used to provide for senior citizens, including disability,
03:59transportation, and caregiver needs. On March 28, the Trump administration announced it would not
04:03include LGBT people in the upcoming census, despite a request from the Census Bureau the previous year.
04:08On April 14, the Trump administration filed to dismiss a lawsuit in North Carolina alleging anti-gay
04:13discrimination. On June 1, Trump refused to declare June as Pride Month, but did declare it Great
04:18Outdoors Month, National Homeownership Month, and National Ocean Month. On June 7, Trump nominated
04:23Stephen S. Schwartz to U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Schwartz worked with North Carolina legislators in
04:27support of the anti-trans legislation known as HB2. On June 15, Trump rolled back the Office for Civil Rights
04:33and their work investigating civil rights complaints and protecting LGBT students. Internal memos revealed the
04:38new procedure was to completely dismiss discrimination claims about transgender students needing access to
04:42bathrooms. The Department of Education later confirmed this. On the same day, the Department
04:46of Education hosted anti-gay groups like Focus on the Family and Family Research Council to a conference
04:50on child welfare. Again, on the very same day, the Department of Commerce removed sexual orientation
04:55and gender identity from the agency's Equal Employment Policy. On June 17, much of the Presidential
05:00Advisory Council on HIV-AIDS resigned, saying that Trump does not care about AIDS. Later that year,
05:05he fired the rest of the council. Trump nominated Mark Norris to the U.S. District Court for the
05:10Western District of Tennessee. Norris supported legislation that allowed counselors to discriminate
05:14against LGBT patients. On July 26, Trump declared a ban on all transgender service members from the
05:19military. The ban took effect on April 12, the next year, after a long battle in the courts. On August 3,
05:24Jerome Adams became the Surgeon General of the United States. Adams previously defended Mike Pence
05:28during his refusal to help AIDS patients during a crisis in Indiana. On September 7, Trump nominated Jeff
05:34Mateer for the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas. Mateer is an anti-LGBT activist who once
05:40voted for transgender people, Satan's plan. For brevity, no more judicial nominations will be mentioned,
05:44but suffice it to say, there are a lot more and a lot worse. These judges will have a deleterious
05:48effect on LGBT rights long after the Trump administration. On October 5th, the Trump
05:51administration reversed the Title VII policy that provided non-discrimination protections for
05:55transgender people. It's Smith! They got him! Who got him? The savages! Savages? They captured him!
06:01Built the beast! It was ruined! It's perfect, Wiggins. I couldn't have planned this better myself.
06:07Only weeks ago, in Orlando, Florida, 49 wonderful Americans were savagely murdered. I told you those
06:18cyber just couldn't be trusted. By an Islamic terrorist. This time, the terrorist target LGBTQ community.
06:32No good. No way. We got you. Not a chance. And we're gonna stop it.
06:36I have a gay son. And I know that in his heart, he feels the Republican Party doesn't embrace his lifestyle,
06:48but we do. We love him.
06:54LG, BGQ citizens.
06:57And we're gonna stop it.
07:04We know who our enemies are.
07:10We know all your enemies.
07:21Are you near Paul's nightclub?
07:22No, I'm home. My son is stuck in the bathroom down there, and I got him on the other phone. I called before, but they called the
07:31dispatchers and all the lines were busy.
07:33Ma'am, the phones have rolled over to the sheriff's office. They've got multiple officers and deputies on
07:38scene working the call right now, okay? Is he injured in any way, do you know?
07:46Okay.
07:46Ma'am, what I need him to do is just stay where he is.
07:50Don't go anywhere or do anything until the deputies and officers clear the area, okay?
07:54Just have him stay where he is.
07:57Okay.
07:58Okay.
07:58They've got, like I said, multiple, multiple deputies and OPD officers on scene, okay?
08:03Just tell him to stay where he is, stay tight, and follow the officers and deputies direction.
08:09Okay.
08:09All right. Thank you, ma'am.
08:10A shot just hit the door of the place that I'm working in.
08:14A shot hit your door?
08:15All right. Let me try and get OPD back on the line.
08:17We're getting several calls. They're getting flooded with it.
08:20Okay.
08:20Hold on a second.
08:21And, um, he's, when he called us, he was in the bathroom.
08:25Okay.
08:25And he said that there's a lot of dead people, and I don't know.
08:29Okay. I understand. We are in the club. We're searching for everybody. We're pulling victims out.
08:35Please just have patience. How old is he?
08:38He's, um, 20.
08:40He was in the bathroom?
08:43Yeah, he was in the bathroom with some other people.
08:47Listen, please be patient. It's going to take a while before we, you know, figure out where everybody's at, okay?
08:53It's going to be fine. I'm going to take your information, and we're going to call you.
08:59Sam, this is what he said to all of you today.
09:01Who's in the bathroom?
09:02What would go by?
09:03Um, some message. We called him because he posted on our Facebook that he had got shot.
09:09So we said, is everything okay? He said, got shot three times.
09:12We said, where are you? And the response was, in bathroom. Tell them to check the bathroom.
09:16Now, to the voice of hate inside Pulse. The conversations between the gunman, Omar Mateen,
09:26and police. It's the first time we're hearing this voice.
09:29I want to let you know I'm in Orlando, and I did the shooting.
09:34What's your name?
09:36My name is, I pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr, Abu Dhabi of the Islamic State.
09:46Stay away from my door. Don't give me that brother, brother, brother, brother.
09:56The freaks on the phone won't leave me alone.
10:01Hi there, this is Orlando Police. Who am I speaking with, please?
10:04All right, the one I have is...
10:05You're speaking with the person who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.
10:09I think that's what I want to back you.
10:11I think that's what I want to back you.
10:11I, I found out, I, I found out, I, I found out, there ain't no jeans, so I'm going to come
10:24by the sky. Now that I found out, I know I can cry.
10:31Chief Black todos Alright.
10:33At 2.45 AM,
10:44Mateen called News 13 of Orlando and said, I'm the shooter. It's me, I'm the shooter.
10:46He then said he was carrying out the shooting on the behalf of IS
10:50in Arabic.
10:55Mateen also said the shooting was triggered by a US-led bombing strike in Iraq that killed
11:01Abu Wahi, an IS military commander, on May 6.
11:06The crisis negotiator was present as Mateen was held up inside and holding hostages.
11:12You need to stop the US airspace, you have to tell the US government to stop bombing.
11:19They're killing too many children, they're killing too many women.
11:22I'm still here, I'm trying to help you.
11:27I need some help from you.
11:30We need to get this resolved peacefully.
11:35And we need your help to do that.
11:38I know you want to get this resolved peacefully.
11:41Is this still connected?
11:44Officers initially believed he was armed with a, quote, suspicious device that posed a threat,
11:50but it was later revealed to be a battery that fell out of an exit sign or smoke detector.
11:56Good job, boys.
11:58Police hostage negotiators spoke with Mateen by telephone three times between 2.48 AM and
12:063.27 AM.
12:09He claimed during one of the calls that he had bombs strapped to his body.
12:16He also claimed that he, quote, had a vehicle in the parking lot with enough explosives to
12:22take out city blocks.
12:24At 3.58 AM, the OPD publicly announced the shooting and confirmed multiple injuries.
12:34At 4.21 AM, eight of the hostages escaped after police had removed an air conditioning unit from an exterior wall.
12:43At approximately 4.29 AM, Mateen told negotiators that he planned to strap explosive vests similar to those used in the November 2015 Paris attacks.
12:56The deadliest violence that city has seen since World War II.
13:01The first suicide bomb outside the Stade de France, north of Paris.
13:05The night of terrorist bombings and shootings.
13:09French police stormed a concert hall where a Southern California band was playing, but it was too late for more than a hundred hostages who were executed by the terrorists.
13:19Aux abords du Stade de France, deux kamikazes viennent de se faire exploser à 10 minutes d'intervalle.
13:29Les attaques sont en cours dans les 10e et 11e arrondissements de la capitale.
13:33Des fusillades à des terrasses de café et de restaurants.
13:36Rue Alibert, puis rue de la Fontaine au Roi et rue de Charonne, des quartiers festifs de la capitale.
13:42A l'intérieur, beaucoup se cachent, parfois à plus de vin dans des petites pièces.
13:50Deux policiers, arrivés les premiers sur place, abattant des terroristes au rez-de-chaussée.
13:5626-year-old Hasna Aitboulasen, who became Europe's first female suicide bomber.
14:02She'd hold up there on the fourth floor with her cousin, the man French authorities call the mastermind behind Friday's attacks.
14:09That's her in a niqab.
14:18Moments later, Aitboulasen would detonate that suicide vest.
14:21To four hostages, strategically place them in different corners of the building and detonate them in 15 minutes.
14:33OPD officers then decided to end negotiations and prepare to blow their way in.
14:51At around 2.30 a.m., Martine's wife, after receiving a call from her mother at approximately 2 o'clock a.m.,
15:01asking where her husband was, sent a text message to Martine, asking where he was.
15:08Martine texted back, asking her if she had seen the news.
15:12After she replied, No?
15:15Martine responded, I love you, babe.
15:18According to one source, she texted him back at one point, saying that she loved him.
15:24She also called him several times during the standoff, but he did not answer.
15:30She found out about what was happening at 4 o'clock a.m., after the police told her to come out of her house with her hands up.
15:39A survivor of the shooting recalled Martine saying he wanted the United States to stop bombing his country.
15:46The FBI said Martine told a negotiator to tell America to stop bombing Syria and Iraq, and that was why he was out here right now.
15:56During the siege, Martine made internet searches on the shooting, while police dispatched a tactical robot to discreetly enter the restroom and allow them to communicate with hostages via two-way audio.
16:14The FBI reported that no shots were heard between the time Martine stopped exchanging gunfire with the first responders and 5.02 a.m. when Orlando police began breaching the building's wall.
16:30Just before the breach, Martine entered a woman's bathroom where the hostages were hiding, an open fire killing a man who sacrificed his life to save the woman behind him and at least one other, according to witnesses.
16:46We are immediately across the street from the emergency room here at Orlando Regional Medical Center right along Orange Avenue.
16:53And I want you to see what is going on behind me. This is looking south on Orange Avenue.
16:57You can see a very heavy police presence here right now.
17:00This is all outside the Pulse nightclub.
17:03Whoa, and we just heard a loud boom coming from just south of our location here.
17:12We don't know what that boom was, but I think he saw everybody react.
17:16At 5.07 a.m., 14 SWAT officers, after failing to blow open a big enough hole in the bathroom's exterior wall using a bomb due to the wall's structure, successfully breached the building when a policeman drove a Bearcat armored vehicle through a wall in the northern bathroom.
17:37They then used two flashbangs to distract Martine and shot at him.
17:43The breach drew Martine out into the hallway, and at 5.14 a.m., he engaged the officers.
17:50He was shot eight times and killed in the resulting shootout, which involved at least 11 officers who fired about 150 bullets.
18:01He was reported down at 5.17 a.m.
18:07He was reported down at 5.17 a.m.
18:11at 5.53 a.m.
18:12at 5.10 a.m.
18:25At 5.53 a.m., the Orlando police posted on Twitter, Pulse shooting.
18:45The shooter inside the club is dead.
18:4930 hostages were freed during the police operation.
18:52The survivors were searched by police for guns and explosives.
18:59There are more than a list of names.
19:01There are people who loved and were loved.
19:03There are people who have families and friends and dreams.
19:07And the truth is we don't know much about some of them.
19:09We want you to hear their names and a little bit about who they were.
19:13Edward Sotomayor Jr.
19:15He worked at a travel agency that catered to the gay community.
19:19His family says he was witty, charming, and that he always left things better than he found them.
19:28He was 34 years old.
19:30Stanley Almodovar III.
19:32He was a pharmacy technician.
19:34The last video that we saw of him was posted on social media.
19:37It showed him laughing and singing on the way to that nightclub.
19:40He was just 23.
19:42Luis Omar Ocasio Capo.
19:45He was a dancer and a barista.
19:47He was just 20 years old.
19:49Luis Vielma.
19:50He worked at the Harry Potter ride at Universal Orlando.
19:54He was just 22.
19:56Juan Ramon Guerrero.
19:58His cousin said Juan came out to his family just this year.
20:01He was afraid they might not accept him, but they did.
20:04And they embraced his boyfriend as well.
20:06He was 22.
20:08Christopher Andrew Leonone, known as Drew.
20:13He was Juan's boyfriend.
20:15And his mom says he established the Gay-Straight Alliance at his high school.
20:19He was 32 years old.
20:21Eric Yvonne Ortiz Rivera.
20:24A friend says he was always willing to help everybody and sacrificed a lot for his family.
20:29He was 36.
20:31Peter O. Gonzalez Cruz.
20:33He worked at a UPS store.
20:35Memorized apparently all the regular customers' names.
20:38He could make anyone smile, his friend said.
20:40He was just 22.
20:42Kimberly K.J. Morris.
20:44Moved from Hawaii to Florida just a few months ago to help her mother and her grandmother.
20:49She was a bouncer at Pulse nightclub.
20:51She was 37.
20:52Eddie Justice was an accountant who texted his mother from the club.
20:57Texted his mother saying, Mommy, I love you.
21:00He was 30.
21:02Enrique Rios.
21:04A friend says he was cool and a funny dude who could tell people,
21:09Don't let the world hold you back from your dreams.
21:11He was 25.
21:13Anthony Luis Laureano Dizla.
21:16A talented dancer born in Puerto Rico.
21:18He was 25.
21:19Jonathan Antonio Camui Vega.
21:22He worked for Telemundo.
21:23First in Puerto Rico and then in Orlando.
21:26He was just about to turn 25.
21:28Corey James Connell.
21:29He was a student at Valencia Community College and hoped to become a firefighter.
21:33He was 21.
21:34Mercedes Marisol Flores.
21:36Her father says she was a happy girl who had so many dreams.
21:40She was 26.
21:42Dianca Deirdre Drayden.
21:44Her family called her Didi.
21:45She was a bartender at Pulse.
21:47She was just 32.
21:49Miguel Angel Honorato.
21:51Managed a Mexican restaurant.
21:52A colleague says he was an excellent boss and a good friend.
21:55He was 30.
21:56Jason Benjamin Josephat.
21:58A student at Southern Technical College where a faculty member calls him a sweet kid with
22:03a bright future.
22:04He was 19.
22:05Daryl Roman Burt II was a financial aid officer at Kaiser University.
22:10He was passionate about volunteer work.
22:12He was 29.
22:13Jean Carlos Mendez Perez was a perfume salesman.
22:17Apparently he hit the gym almost every day and his friend said he was always happy.
22:21He was 35.
22:22Perez's longtime partner Luis Daniel Wilson Leon grew up in a small town in Puerto Rico
22:27and was a shoe store manager.
22:29He was 37.
22:30They died together.
22:33Frankie Jimmy De Jesus Velasquez.
22:35A professional dancer specializing in a traditional folk dance of his native Puerto Rico.
22:40He was 50.
22:41Amanda Alviar.
22:42She was a nursing student at the University of South Florida.
22:45He was 25.
22:46Martin Benitez Torres.
22:49He was a college student in Puerto Rico visiting family in Orlando.
22:53He was 33.
22:54Juan Chavez Martinez.
22:56His co-workers at a hotel say he was a kind, a loving person.
23:00He was just 25.
23:01Gerald Arthur Wright worked at Disney World.
23:04A co-worker says he was wonderful with the guests.
23:06He was always smiling.
23:07He was 31.
23:08Leroy Valentin Fernandez worked leasing apartments.
23:12A co-worker says he sang Adele in the office until they couldn't take it anymore.
23:16He was 25.
23:17Tevin Eugene Crosby.
23:20Dedicated, hard-working business owner from Michigan.
23:23He was just 25.
23:25Brenda Lee Marquez McCool.
23:27She had 11 kids, beat cancer twice, and often went dancing at Pulse with her gay son.
23:32She supported him that much.
23:34She was 49.
23:35Her son survived the shooting.
23:37Angel El Candelario Padro recently moved to Orlando.
23:40He was new here.
23:41He had just started a new job as a technician at the Florida Retina Institute.
23:45He was 28.
23:47Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez was studying healthcare management.
23:50His family says that he was the light and life of all family gatherings.
23:54He was 25.
23:55Javier Jorge Reyes was a salesman at Gucci.
23:58Friends say he was always positive.
23:59He was humble, a lovely friend.
24:01He was 40.
24:02Shane Evan Tomlinson was a gifted singer who performed at weddings and clubs.
24:06He was 33.
24:07Simone Adrian Carrillo Fernandez worked at McDonald's where he brought in birthday cakes for his co-workers and had just gotten back from a trip to Niagara Falls with his partner.
24:17He was 31.
24:18Oscar Aracena Montero was Simon's partner.
24:22He was 26.
24:23They also died together.
24:25Rodolfo Ayala Ayala worked at a blood donation center, was a Puerto Rican native, loved to dance.
24:30He was 33 years old.
24:33Frank Hernandez, he worked at a Calvin Klein store, was a great brother and had love, had no gender tattooed on his arm.
24:42He was 27.
24:43Xavier Emmanuelle Serrano Rosado was a dancer, described as hard working and friendly, proud of his son.
24:51He was 33.
24:53Akira Monet Murray, she recently graduated from high school, was planning to go to Mercyhurst University and play basketball.
25:00She was just 18.
25:04And Christopher Joseph, son Feliz, worked at a bank who was said to be the most positive guy around, was just 24 year olds.
25:12Luis Daniel Conde was a makeup artist, co-owned a salon with his partner.
25:16He was 39.
25:17Juan P. Rivera Velasquez, he was the partner to Luis.
25:23He was 37.
25:25Antonio Devon Brown was a captain in the, excuse me, was a captain in the US Army Reserve and a graduate of Florida A&M.
25:34He was 29.
25:35Alejandro Barrios Martinez was 21.
25:38Joel Rayon Paniagua was 32.
25:41Jean Neves Rodriguez was 27.
25:43We don't have pictures of these people.
25:45Gil Marie Rodriguez Sullivan was 24.
25:47And Paul Terrell Henry was 41 years old.
25:50We think it's important that you hear their names.
25:53To those of you who do not know me, my name is Ethan Huckel.
25:57I am the board president of TGI Network of Rhode Island.
26:02I am a queer, transgender man.
26:06I am an educator.
26:07I am a husband and a father.
26:10I ask to speak today because I have words swirling around inside me, longing to be spoken.
26:20It is likely that they will not be eloquent.
26:23They may be more raw than polished, more broken than I wish them to be.
26:31But if I do not give them voice, I will regret it.
26:36If I sink back into the quiet sorrow, instead of standing up to be counted among the mourning, among the angry, I will regret it.
26:50We are here to mourn a palpable loss.
26:56I know this because of the tears that have come in waves over the last few days.
27:03I can see the hurting in the eyes of those around me.
27:09Old wounds ripped fresh.
27:14The hugs last a few seconds longer this week.
27:19What we mourn is likely slightly different for each of us.
27:24For some, we find ourselves floating through countless memories of dance floors.
27:30The havens where we found our family, learned to love, learned our history.
27:37For some, we have the faces of friends lost, seared in our memories, lives ripped away.
27:46We come together to hold each other close.
27:50To mourn.
27:52And it is important when we do so to recognize that there are those among us who have suffered more.
27:59Endured more.
28:02Stood up against more.
28:05People of color.
28:08Trans people.
28:10The poor.
28:12The disabled.
28:14We come together to mourn.
28:17But mourning is not enough.
28:26Debates are being waged about the terms we affix to this moment.
28:32Terrorism.
28:34As if this hatred was born in some foreign land.
28:39Of some foreign principle.
28:42This hate is ours to own.
28:47It is American hate.
28:49It was born in our systems.
28:52Nursed by our bigotry.
28:54Strengthened by our politics.
28:56And armed by our guns.
28:59We've got a happy town.
29:00We've got a happy town.
29:01And then we've got a happy town.
29:02Our war is so 저희yish.
29:04We've got a happy town and we can hang out!
29:05And 큰 people are powerful.
29:06But we'll see you at home.
29:07Generally, we will be as if we've got a happy town.
29:08There will be too powerful.
29:09And we'll see you at home.
29:10All here we can return.
29:11And we'll see you next time.
29:12And we'll see you next time.
29:14But no one knows who
29:20Old friends never call there
29:25Some wonder if life's inside at all
29:31If there's life inside at all
29:36But we know the lady who rips the room
29:40She catches them calling all alone
29:45Several people who knew Martine had speculated
29:49That he might have been gay or bisexual
29:52A male friend of his from 2006
29:55When the two were in police academy together
29:58Said that Martine went to gay clubs with him
30:01And that Martine once expressed an interest in dating him
30:05Club goers also recalled Martine dancing with another man
30:10One classmate who asked not to be identified by name
30:23Said Martine asked him if he was gay
30:26The FBI has investigated many of these claims
30:30But has not found reasonable evidence to establish
30:34Martine's sexual orientation
30:37After the shooting the Orlando Sentinel
30:41And the Palm Beach Post reported that at least
30:45Five regular customers at the Pulse nightclub
30:48Had seen Martine visit the venue
30:51On at least a dozen occasions
30:57Sometimes Martine drank in a corner by himself
31:01Quote, and other times he would get so drunk
31:05He was loud and belligerent
31:07A witness who recognized Martine outside the club
31:12An hour before the shooting
31:14Told investigators that Martine had been messaging him
31:17For about a year using a gay dating app called Jacked
31:22He gave his phone to the FBI for analysis
31:26Along with his login details for the application
31:29A third witness said that Martine had tried to pick up men
31:33At the nightclub
31:35Dozens of other witnesses however
31:38Told the Tampa Bay Times
31:40That they had never seen Martine at the nightclub
31:43A spokesperson for Barbara Poma
31:46The owner of the Pulse nightclub
31:48Called the statement that Martine had been a regular patron
31:52Untrue and totally ridiculous
31:55Martine's father Sadiq
31:57Denied that his son was closeted
32:00Saying quote
32:01If he was gay
32:02Why would he do something like this?
32:05The owner of this club knew that 300 people are coming
32:08Or 400 people
32:09They should have the best security
32:11Two days later
32:12After multiple reports questioned
32:14Whether Martine was homosexual
32:17Martine's father said quote
32:19I didn't see any of it
32:20And I don't believe that was the case
32:22And that's the end of that story
32:24Now get the fuck out of my house
32:27However
32:28During an interview with the Brazilian television station
32:31CBT Brazil
32:32Martine's ex-wife
32:34Claimed that his father called him gay
32:37While in her presence
32:39The president of the United States
32:41Has called your son's actions terrorist
32:44That's what I say
32:45Do you agree?
32:46That's what I say
32:47What he did was
32:48It was act of terrorism
32:49You believe your son was a terrorist?
32:51No
32:52What he did was
32:53But do you believe he was a terrorist?
32:55Oh sir
32:56I said what he did was act of terrorist
32:58But as far as him being a terrorist
33:01I'm not aware
33:02And I don't approve of his action
33:04The last day
33:06The last day
33:08That what he did
33:09I didn't know
33:10I wish I didn't know
33:11I could have caught him
33:13I think this question
33:14I answered times and times and times
33:16So what I'm doing here
33:19Because I feel really bad
33:21I'm very sad
33:23And very mad about those families
33:25They lost their loved ones
33:26Besides that I lost my son
33:28And I'm surprised and shocked
33:31Why did he do that?
33:32I wish he was alive
33:33I would ask him
33:34Why did he do this?
33:36You weren't brought up to be this way
33:39And I wanted him to get higher education
33:42To be servant of the United States
33:45The United States always is a place for higher education
33:48And the more education you have
33:51The better life you can have
33:53So I love
33:55I love
33:57To serve this country
33:59Has been very good to everybody
34:02Especially me
34:03Let me ask you this
34:04I have a lot of friends
34:05Do you believe that your son
34:07I'm just curious
34:08I'm sorry
34:09Can you allow me
34:10What I have to say?
34:11Sure
34:12I have a lot of friends
34:13Throughout all these times
34:14I've been living here
34:15And Americans are always together
34:17And it's sad news
34:18And I apologize for what he did
34:20I wish I did catch him
34:22I did say this times
34:24After times
34:25After times
34:26And I wasn't hoping for my son to do such a thing
34:31And I can't believe
34:33Still I'm shocked
34:34And why you want to harm your own family
34:38When you live in the United States
34:40Everybody is your family
34:42And I'm really surprised
34:44I'm really surprised and shocked and sad
34:47And my heart goes to those 50 people
34:51Their family
34:52And was coming very respectful
34:54Had his behavior changed recently?
34:56The whole thing is surprising to me
34:59As I say that
35:00I don't want you to repeat
35:01Ask me the same question
35:03Times and times
35:04Would you say your son hated America?
35:06No
35:07So he was
35:08He's a born American citizen
35:10He's born in New York
35:12So
35:13What he was going through in his mind
35:16What he did was a very
35:18Very slick way
35:20Yeah
35:21I wish I did catch him
35:22And that is something I wish
35:23I tell to those 50 people
35:25Family
35:26And those people
35:27They got injured
35:28I wish I did catch him
35:30I wish I did catch him
35:31Last
35:32I wish I didn't know
35:33I could have caught him
35:34Thank you
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