Terrorism
Orlando after the assassination
After the attack on the Bar “Pulse” in Orlando try to comfort the inhabitants to each other, to increase a lot of donations of money or blood, the chances of Survival of the injured. A report by Miodrag Soric.
35 degrees in the shade, it is sultry, not a breath of wind. Hundreds of people wait patiently until you are in the series. Many of them already in four hours and more. You all want to donate blood. And to follow the call of the authorities in Orlando. Still, dozens are considered by some to be seriously injured in the nearby hospitals. The Doctors do what they can. But hospitals are not prepared for such a massacre and, therefore, appeal to the inhabitants to come to the blood Bank.
From here it is a five minute walk to the night club “Pulse”, where the bomber killed 49 people and even more injured, before he was shot and killed by police officers. The worst attack in American history. The local residents are in shock. Among them Scarlett Phillips, who had only recently moved with her husband to Orlando. “I have children of my own. The idea to wait all day for the message, if your child was killed or not: That breaks my heart.”
Great Willingness To Help
Similar to Lulu Freeman thinks. She lives in the immediate vicinity of the night club “Pulse”, which is visited mainly by members of the LTGB Community. With the term Gay, lesbian, Transgender and Bisexual are summarized. “Many of my friends go there, my wife.” It was a terrible idea that in a place where the people are actually fun, something like that happens, she says.
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Inter-religious prayer in Orlando
Dozens of Volunteers provide the people Waiting with water, sandwiches or fruit. Including members of the Muslim community in Orlando. Several families with their children here. Among them, the 32-year-old Shehnaz Ali, the veiled her hair. She is originally from Kenya. A year ago she moved with her family to Orlando. “I do those I need to do this now. Islam is a peaceful Religion,” she says.
Your girlfriend Zainab Ali shares your opinion. She comes from Somalia, has lived since 2000 in Orlando. “I was really shocked when I heard the news of the assassination. I have small children and want you to be in a safe environment,” says the 30-Year-old. Recently, the fasting month of Ramadan began: A time in which Muslims especially merciful.
Rob Domenico: “help comes from all over Florida”
Also Sadek Eltabba can hardly believe what is happening in his new home. He fled two years from Syria to the United States to escape the Terror in the Middle East. “And now, Terror in Orlando”, he shakes his head. He had come to the blood Bank to help. He wanted to do, what he could do.
“The Zebra Coalition” – the switching center of the help
10 minutes by car to continue to run in the “Zebra Coalition” of the telephone wires hot. In an unassuming white house, directly on a main road, the work of 27 of the auxiliary organizations is coordinated. It is a Survivor of the attack or relatives of the victims to report. You will be more connected with psychologists or social workers. “Many of the Volunteers call to offer their help,” says Heather Wilkie, Director of the “Zebra Coalition”. The rush is overwhelming.
Help for stroke victims, the NGO “The Center offers”
This experience also Rob Domenico in “The Center”, a non-governmental organization that helps members of the LTGB Community. In your premises, water bottles, cakes and biscuits – but also warm dishes, wrapped in aluminum foil towers. “Bring us to Restaurants or other shops, not only from Orlando but from all over Florida,” says Rob Domenico, who helps out for a year in “The Center”. Since the assassination he had driven to his Job as a software expert, “something in return”, is active whenever he can at the NGO. Orlando is a melting pot, he says. “This is what makes us vulnerable, because we practice, how well heterosexuals and homosexuals can work together.”
When he learned of the terrorist attack, he was shocked at first. Soon, however, he had suppressed his feelings. Now it was time to help people. For mourning is later in time.