An Open Letter To Omar Mateen From A Survivor Of The Orlando Nightclub Shooting

An Open Letter To Omar Mateen From A Survivor Of The Orlando Nightclub Shooting
Adrees Latif / Reuters

I'm a young, gay man who was born in New Jersey and grew up in Orlando. I love my friends, I love my parents, I’m half Puerto Rican, half Dominican, 21 years old, and at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, you almost took my life.

I go to Pulse nightclub in Orlando because I feel comfortable there, and I can be myself. Several of my friends were there that night, including my friend Stanley. I will never see Stanley again. You took that away from me.

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