>>> EMMY WINNER SEARCHES FOR THE
TRUTH IN THE FIR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE SERIES "THE REAL STORY"
THE NE ANCHORS REEXAMS
HEADLINE MAKING CRIMES AND OFFER
FRESH PERSPECTIVES, NEW EVIDENCE
AND UPDATES TO THE CASES BY
PUSHING ASIDE THE DETAILS THAT
SURROUND A MAJOR CAS SHE
FOCUSES ON ELEMENTS OF THE STORY
THAT WERE NOT COVERED BY THE
MEDIA O WEEK BEFORE THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THE PULSE NIGHT
CLUB TRAGEDY, SHE TAKE ACE LOOK
BACK AT THI CASE AND JOINS US
NOW.
MARIA, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
>> HI NATALIE. GOOD
MORNING.
>> THE PULSE NIGHT CLUB
SHOOTING
HIT A LOT OF US CLOSE TO HOME IN
TAMP BAY BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE
TO ORLANDO.
I AM SO GLAD TO BE
TALKING WITH Y TODAY.
IN THIS
SERIES, YOU'RE TALKING TO THREE
FRIENDS.
WHAT WERE YOU ABLE TO
LEARN WITH T PEOPLE THAT YOU
SPOKE TO?
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO GET A FIRST
ACCOUNT HAND OF WHAT HAPPENED
THERE AND WHAT THEY WE WANT
THROUGH.
FOR THOSE OF US THAT
WO IN TELEVISION.
THOSE OF US
HAVING AN HOUR IS A PRIVILEGE
AND YOU CAN GO I THE DETAILS OF
WHAT HAPPENS.
THESE THREE
FRIEND S THAT WENT OUT THAT
NIGHT FOR A GOOD TIME AND DECID
THAT HAD THEY WANTED TO END
THEIR NIGHT OF PULSE NIGHT CLUB
BECAUSE THEY FIGURED THAT WAS
THE FUN PLACE TO BE AND THEY
LOVED THE MUSIC, THEY EXPECTED
TO JUST GO HOME WITH THE
SATISFACTION OF HAVING DANCE AND
LIST TO THE FAVORITE BLUES I
CAN AND YET THEY WENT FLU HOURS
AND HOURS OF HORROR.
IT WAS
REALLY INTERESTING TO BE ABLE TO
HEAR THESE -- THE STORIES BEING
TO BY TEAM FROM THE MOMENT
THAT THEY ARRIVED AT THE CLUB TO
WHEN THEY WERE FIRST HEARING THE
SHOTS AND THEN WHEN THE THOUGHT
IT WAS REALLY JUST MAYBE A
PROBLEM BETWEEN COUPLE, AND
THEN ENDED UP RUNNING FOR THEIR
LIVES NOT KNOWING WHERE THE
OTHE WAS AND NOT REALIZING THAT
THEY WERE ALL THREE IN THE SAME
BATHROOM STALL
I THINK IT'S
COME POTABLE AND THAT'S THE TIME
TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THE DETAILS.
>> AND MARIA, NOT JUST TALKING
TO PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE AND
TH FIRSTHAND INSTANCES BUT ALSO
A OMAR MAY HAVE A STORY IN THE
PAST THAT YOU MAY TALK ABOUT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN?
>> YEAH, YEAR AGO A GENTLEMEN
REACHED OUT TO ME AND HE REACHED
OUT TO ME TO TEL ME THAT HE
BELIEVED THA THE MOTIVE BEHIND
THE MASSACRE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
TERRORISM AND REVENGE.
HE
CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN HIS GAY
LOVE
I SPOKE TO HIM AT LENGTH
ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
WE HAVE TO
APPROACH THI WITH SKEPTICISM
AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE THING
THAT IS HE TOLD US.
NOW, WE
TALK TO H GAIN.
I THINK THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN I TALKED
TO HIM IN THE PAST IS AT THE
TI HE DID NOT WANT TO IDENTIFY
HIMSELF.
WE USED A DIFFERENT
NAME.
NOW HE SHOWS HIS FACE FOR
THE FIRST TIME AND REVEALS HAD
HIS IDENTITY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> AND BEING ABLE TO TALK TO
THESE PEOPLE AS THE CASE GAIN IS
GETTING READ TO MARK ONE YEAR,
WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT
SURPRISED YOU PER SAY?
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL
THEIR PAIN WHEN YOU BEGIN TO
HEAR PEOPLE TELL YOU ALL OF THE
EMOTION THAT IS THEY WENT
THROUGH.
IT WAS A ROLLER
COASTER AND THE MOMENTS WHEN
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS OVER AND
THEY'RE GOING TO SAVE US.
WE
CAN HEA THE FIRST RESPONDERS ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL TO
WHAT THE FELT AND REALIZED THAT
NO ONE WAS COMING IN TO SAVE US.
THIS MAN WE WANT IN OVER AND
OVER AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THA
EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE WAS
DEAD.
HE HAD A VERY STRONG
INTENTION OF MAKING SUR THAT HE
KILL CANNED AS MANY PEOPLE AS HE
COULD.
I THINK THAT'S ONE O
THE THINGS THAT SURPRISED ME.
TH GENTLEMEN ALSO -- I
INTERVIEW HIM A YEAR AGO AND IT
SURPRISED ME THEN TO HEAR THE
DETAILS AND ALSO TO SEE THAT
THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT
HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAD SEEN
THIS GENTLEMEN AND THERE WERE
OTHER PEOPLE THAT SAID THAT THEY
SAW H FACE ON APPS AND GAY
APPS AND DATING APPS.
I THINK
THAT'S ONE OF THE THING THAT
WAS NEW TO ME.
MORE THAN
ANYTHING, I THINK AS A CONCERNED
CITIZE AND MOTHER, WHEN YOU
HEAR THE COMPELLING STORIES,
YACK N HELP BUT FEEL THE PAIN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AM SURE
TH IS DEFINITELY INTERESTING.
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