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| SWAT team action in Orlando terrorist massacre | ||
| 2016-06-14 | ||
“After we heard about the bomb, typically the response is to back away. But since we knew there were people in there, my guys stayed right there. I probably couldn't have pried them away from the door because they knew that those people's lives were in danger,” Canty said. They stormed the building three hours after the massacre started, but a lot of people were rescued in between. An off-duty officer and two others had opened fire, forcing gunman Omar Mateen to retreat to a bathroom where he took hostages.
Canty said there was a turning point when Orlando Police Chief John Mina made the call that they had to force their way in to rescue more people. “He did say he had a vest and he did talk about putting vests on the hostages,” said Canty. Mina said they used explosives to create an escape hatch. “We had to use a Bearcat; broke a hole through the wall, a 3-foot hole. People came running out, and then the gunman came out and we returned fire and killed him,” said Mina. | ||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Expecting CNN to test the narrative that better MH counseling out reach to LGBT and/or less homophobia in US plus gun control would have prevented this tragedy perped by a self loathing gay who was incidentally a muslin. |
| Posted by: Alpha2c 2016-06-14 23:45 |
| #5 If they were I'm sure Obama and Lynch will bear down on them with the full force of the law. Gotta keep up the narrative! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-06-14 15:31 |
| #4 I wonder if it is possible that the "other" two were civilian? And breaking the law! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-06-14 11:34 |
| #3 First I heard of anyone at/near the club other than the SWAT team shooting at Mateen. Off-duty officer was hired for security. Hadn't heard about the other two. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-06-14 11:25 |
| #2 GLenmore, gotta maintain the narrative, even if someone needs to make up the story to see it happen. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-06-14 10:23 |
| #1 I wonder if any of the victims will turn out to have been shot by someone other than Mateen. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2016-06-14 08:28 |