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Pulse nightclub shooting survivor shares story, stumps for Elizabeth Warren in Columbia
https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/news/local_and_state_news/pulse-nightclub-shooting-survivor-shares-story-stumps-for-elizabeth-warren/article_48d16d86-25b3-11ea-844e-ff5d5744b592.html...
But June 12, 2016 would turn out to be a date filled with tragedy and personal awakening for Wolf. That was the night that a gunman — 29-year-old Omar Mateen — entered Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and went on a deadly shooting spree, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50 others.
Wolf was at Pulse that night, and was among those who survived the massacre, though two of his good friends — Drew Leinonen and Juan Guerrero — were killed in the incident.
But from that tragedy a new sense of purpose was born for Wolf. In the years since the shooting, Wolf, now a development officer with LGBTQ advocacy organization Equality Florida, has spoken and written about LGBTQ rights and gun reform, and has become engaged politically. He addressed the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee in September, and he is a campaign surrogate for Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic candidate for president.
On Dec. 20 he shared his story and campaigned for Warren in Columbia, addressing about two dozen people at the Harriet Hancock LGBT Center on Woodrow Street.
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But June 12, 2016 would turn out to be a date filled with tragedy and personal awakening for Wolf. That was the night that a gunman — 29-year-old Omar Mateen — entered Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and went on a deadly shooting spree, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50 others.
Wolf was at Pulse that night, and was among those who survived the massacre, though two of his good friends — Drew Leinonen and Juan Guerrero — were killed in the incident.
But from that tragedy a new sense of purpose was born for Wolf. In the years since the shooting, Wolf, now a development officer with LGBTQ advocacy organization Equality Florida, has spoken and written about LGBTQ rights and gun reform, and has become engaged politically. He addressed the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee in September, and he is a campaign surrogate for Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic candidate for president.
On Dec. 20 he shared his story and campaigned for Warren in Columbia, addressing about two dozen people at the Harriet Hancock LGBT Center on Woodrow Street.
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