911 Calls for Orlando Shooting Reveal Horror Inside the Nightclub

In this Sunday, June 12, 2016 file photo, an aerial view of the mass shooting scene at the Pulse nightclub is seen in Orlando, Fla. A gunman opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. With news that Omar Mateen killed dozens of people in the gay nightclub in Florida and was born to Afghan immigrant parents, the Afghan-American community is expressing horror, sorrow and disbelief that one of their own could commit the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File

“Please help.”

That was among the many statements made during 911 calls during the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando earlier this month. The City of Orlando, in cooperation with FBI, released 125 pages of the 911 calls on Tuesday.

The logs include the notes that 911 dispatchers took when they got the calls on the morning of June 12. Some of the reports describe shots being fired, eyewitnesses saying the gunman had a bomb, and families calling 911 about their loved ones trapped inside the club.

The timeline starts with, “shots fired” at 2:02 a.m. and ends with “subj down,” marking the end the rampage carried out by shooter Omar Mateen, 29, who was killed by police.

The written logs provide a new, detailed look into the massacre from the perspective of people inside the club. Last week, the FBI provided a full transcript of the 911 call made by Mateen, who pledged himself to the ISIS terrorist group and its leader.

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