When Omar Mateen walked into Pulse nightclub in Orlando last Sunday, spraying bullets into the crowd, 49 people were killed and many others thought they would never make it out alive.
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Some were able to escape on their own as the shooting continued; others played dead. Many of the victims had to be dragged from the building bleeding by police officers, who themselves were in danger of being shot.
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