This is the moment an survivor of the Orlando shooting Angel Colon was reunited with the officer who saved his life from a certain death.
Officer Omar Delgado of the Eatonville Police Department pulled Angel, 26, from out of the carnage after he suffered three shots, shattering bones in his legs.
This is the really nice moment we need in a sea of awful news-Orlando shooting survivor Angel Colon was reunited with the officer who saved his life after a lunatic murdered 49 people at random at Pulse nightclub late Saturday night.
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The two reunited on Thursday for the first time since the massacre that took place at the Pulse nightclub and killed 49 people. Walking into the room, the officer said: My name is Officer Omar Delgado. I'm one of the ones that helped you get out of harm's way. I need a big hug from you, man.'
At a press conference on Tuesday, Angel recalled the terrifying terrorist attack where he was forced to play dead as the gunman shot the bodies laying around him.
'I look over and he shoots the girl next to me. And I'm just there laying down. I'm thinking, 'I'm next. I'm dead."
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Colon was shot twice more.
'By the glory God, he shoots towards my head but it hits my hand. Then he shoots me again and it hits the side of my hip,' he said.
Angel also lauded the police officers and hospital staff who saved his life. 'I will love you guys forever,' he said.
Words by Josh Teal
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