June 14, 2016
Pulse Owner: Orlando Gay Club Will Honor Shooting Victims
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The owner of the Orlando nightclub where dozens of people were massacred says her club will honor those who were killed, wounded or left grieving.
Barbara Poma told the Today show's Matt Lauer (http://on.today.com/1VXgCXj) that she "will not let hate win" in the aftermath of the shootings.
She also said she can't stop imagining the terror felt by those inside the nightclub amid the killing.
Poma said she named the club Pulse in honor of her brother, who died from AIDS in 1991. The name was a way of keeping his heartbeat alive. She wanted Pulse to be "a safe place" for the gay community.
She says the club will be rebuilt as a tribute to the people who lost their lives, as well as the survivors and their relatives.