Tuesday, June 14, 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A survivor of the Florida nightclub massacre is giving an emotional thank-you to staff at the hospital that treated him and other victims, and he says the gunman had to be “heartless” and “ruthless.”
Angel Colon spoke alongside doctors Tuesday at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Nurse Megan Noblet told Colon that she thinks he was her second patient of the night as the flood of victims arrived. She described him as brave, and Colon told her and the other staff gathered, “I love you guys.”
Asked his thoughts on the shooter, Colon said, “This person had to be heartless. ... This person is just enjoying doing this.”
Meanwhile, a doctor who treated the wounded from the Orlando nightclub shooting says he would be surprised if the death toll doesn’t rise.
Dr. Michael Cheatham said at Tuesday's news conference Tuesday that six people are still critically ill at the hospital. He says they are doing everything they can for them and he asked people to pray for them.
Forty-nine people were killed when a gunman attacked a gay nightclub on early Sunday. More than 50 people were wounded in the attack. The gunman died in a shootout with police.