“Mommy I love you,” the text reads. Another says, “I’m about to die.”
Eddie Justice, 30, texted his mother from the Pulse nightclub as a gunman entered and began killing people. Mina Justice called the police and continued texting with him as he relayed the details of his last few moments – that the gunman was in the room where he fled from the gunfire.
Details of the victims’ final moments emerged from their communications. Amanda Alvear’s friend posted her SnapChat videos from inside the club, with flashing lights and the loud staccato of gunfire.
The last video is Alvear, 25, looking into the phone saying “someone is shooting,” but she’s barely heard above the shots.
In the past, loved ones held on to letters, yearbooks and photographs. These days, mementos are kept on the computer carried in the palm of your hand and can be shared with the world in a moment.
Many changed their profile photographs to support Orlando, shared a hashtag and GoFundMewebsites were set up to help the victims.
As fast as the news of hate spread, the reaction of love was just as swift.
– Newschannel 6
