Anderson Cooper Gets Emotional as He Reads Names of Orlando Massacre Victims
'They are more than a list of names. They are people who loved and who were loved,' Cooper said.
CNN's Anderson Cooper was overcome with emotion as he read the same list of names of the Orlando massacre during Monday’s episode of Anderson Cooper 360.
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"In the next two hours we want to try to keep the focus where we think it belongs, on the people whose lives were cut short," Cooper said while choking back tears. “They are more than a list of names. They are people who loved and who were loved.”
"They are more than a list of names. They are people who loved and who were loved." - @andersoncooper #Orlando https://t.co/DkxxPC1XtW
June 14, 2016
Cooper also took to Twitter to list the 49 names of all of the victims.
We must remember them:
June 13, 2016
Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34
Stanley Almodovar III, 23
Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20
Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36
June 13, 2016
Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22
Luis S. Vielma, 22
Kimberly Morris, 37
Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30
Darryl Roman Burt II, 29
June 13, 2016
Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32
Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21
Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25
Jean Carlos Mendez Perez,35
Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50
June 13, 2016
Amanda Alvear, 25
Martin Benitez Torres, 33
Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37
Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26
Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35
June 13, 2016
Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25
Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25
Miguel Angel Honorato,30
Javier Jorge-Reyes,40
Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32
June 13, 2016
Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19
Cory James Connell, 21
Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37
Luis Daniel Conde, 39
Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33
June 13, 2016
Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25
Jerald Arthur Wright, 31
Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25
Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25
Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24
June 13, 2016
Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27
Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33
Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49
June 13, 2016
Yilmary Rodriguez Sulivan, 24
Christopher Andrew Leinonen,32
Angel L. Candelario-Padro,28
Frank Hernandez,27
Paul Terrell Henry, 41
June 13, 2016
Antonio Davon Brown, 29
The one name the openly gay journalist would not say was that of the killer.
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“There is one name you will not hear and the picture of a person you won’t see. We will not show you the gunman’s name or show his photograph, it has been shown far too much already,” Cooper declared.
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