Pulse Nightclub

This year the Pulse Remembrance Ceremony will be held at the Dr. Phillips Center. All of the speakers and performers during the hour-long program will be families of victims and survivors.

On seventh anniversary, Pulse memorial's message remains the same: never forget

Danielle Prieur

Monday marks seven years since the shooting at the popular Orlando LGBTQ+ nightclub, where 49 people lost their lives. At this year's Remembrance Ceremony, all of the speakers and performers will be families of victims and survivors.

Speaking at a press conference outside Orlando City Hall, Pulse nightclub shooting survivor Joshua Hernandez removes his shirt to show serious gunshot wounds on his abdomen that he received during the 2016 massacre.

Florida News

Some Pulse survivors call for control of nonprofit created in wake of shooting

Nicole Creston

Some survivors of the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre are calling for control over OnePulse Foundation, a nonprofit formed after the shooting by club owner Barbara Poma.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, center right, and then Orlando Police Chief John Mina, center left, arrive to a news conference after a fatal shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.

Orange County Sheriff joins DOJ task force examining police response to Uvalde school shooting

Brendan Byrne

Orange County Sheriff John Mina, who was the Orlando police chief during the Pulse Nightclub shooting, is joining a Department of Justice task force that's investigating the police response to the Uvalde school shooting.

Romania Dukes, whose son, De'Michael, was killed by gun violence, speaks at a studio opening of Guitars Over Guns on May 25, 2022, with GOGO's founder and CEO Chad Bernstein to her right, and GOGO mentor Antonio Correa to the far left.

South Florida parents who've lost their sons to gun violence support each other after Uvalde shooting

Verónica Zaragovia

A day after the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed, parents of sons who died due to gun violence gathered at a studio opening in Homestead for the nonprofit organization Guitars Over Guns.

Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz walks around a group of 20 college students and activists as they stage a die-in on the 4th floor rotunda between the House and Senate chambers while the House took up the school safety bill at the Florida Capital in Tallahassee, Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

Radio

How Florida lawmakers responded to a tragic school shooting four years ago, and the impact today

Tom Hudson

After Parkland, Florida passed a new gun law and efforts to protect schools. Are they safer now?

Court Clears Social Media Companies in Pulse Massacre

Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida

The ruling focused heavily on whether the plaintiffs had proven that Twitter, Google-owned YouTube and Facebook “aided and abetted” shooter Omar Mateen in violation of a federal law known as the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolon, center, talks about what's changed in the five years since the Pulse nightclub shooting.

How Police Tactics, Gear Have Changed In The Five Years Since Pulse

Abe Aboraya

Orlando Police Department officials say that if the Pulse shooting happened today, the response would be different. During the Pulse nightclub shooting, the off-duty police officer working that night fired

U.S. Senate Passes Bill That Would Make Pulse Nightclub A National Memorial

WUSF Staff

The site will be designated as the "National Pulse Memorial."

Pulse survivor Orlando Torres, left, reconnected with former Orlando SWAT officer Timothy Stanley. Stanley helped rescue Torres from the bathroom after the gunman was killed.

‘Keep Dancing, Orlando’: A Pulse Survivor And The SWAT Officer Who Saved Him Catch Up

Abe Aboraya - WMFE

SWAT Officer Timothy Stanley and his partner James Parker rescued Torres after the gunman was killed by police five years ago. But the two didn’t reconnect until a fashion show in November of 2016.

Four Years After Pulse Shooting, OnePulse Foundation Holds Online Remembrance Ceremony

Brendan Byrne

It’s been four years since 49 people were killed at the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. The OnePulse foundation is holding a virtual remembrance…

Florida LGBTQ Leader Terry DeCarlo, 57, Dies Of Cancer Complications

Caitie Muñoz

Florida has lost one of its leading activists in the LGBTQ community. Terry DeCarlo, 57, died Monday night of complications from stage 4 neck and face…

Team Led By Parisian Architecture Firm Will Design Pulse's Memorial & Museum In Orlando

The onePULSE Foundation announced the winning design team for the Pulse Memorial & Museum in Orlando today.The winning team is led by French firm Coldefy…