Random Memorial for Monday 6/13/16

Gone but not forgotten:

The 49.

As the hours pass since the tragedy, names have become faces and faces have become stories.

I went to check the link I had posted yesterday from NPR that was starting to list the victims, and I had to wait an extra amount of time as the page loaded because there were SO many pictures on that page.  Let that sink in for a moment.

And to those of you who think that you can't relate to the victims because they represent the "other", pay particular attention to the story of the mother who liked to go out dancing with her gay son (he survived and she did not), or the straight guy who went out to the club with his girlfriend (he did not).

Then picture your name on the list.  Or your loved one on the list.  Think about if your weekend plans -- or your loved one's weekend plans were the last plans ever made.  And ask yourself what you can do to change the way this world works.  One step at a time ... starting with you.  Because inaction and silence WILL lead to more death.  Because we are a community larger than our labels.  Because it's our job to take care of each other.

And hug your loved ones close.

Here are the names ... the photos and stories are in the links below/too follow:

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34.
Stanley Almodovar III, 23.
Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20.
Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22.
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36.
Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22.
Luis S. Vielma, 22.
Kimberly Morris, 37.
Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30.
Darryl Roman Burt II, 29.
Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32.
Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21.
Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25.
Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35.
Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50.
Amanda Alvear, 25.
Martin Benitez Torres, 33.
Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37.
Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26.
Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35.
Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25.
Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31.
Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26.
Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25.
Miguel Angel Honorato, 30.
Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40.
Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32.
Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19.
Cory James Connell, 21.
Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37.
Luis Daniel Conde, 39.
Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33.
Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25.
Jerald Arthur Wright, 31.
Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25.
Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25.
Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24.
Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27.
Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33.
Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49.
Yilmary Rodriguez Sulivan, 24.
Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32.
Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28.
Frank Hernandez, 27.
Paul Terrell Henry, 41.
Antonio Davon Brown, 29.
Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24.
Akyra Monet Murray, 18.
Victim #49, not yet named ...

You are all missed.

THE LIST, COURTESY OF NPR:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/12/481785763/heres-what-we-know-about-the-orlando-shooting-victims

THE LIST, COURTESY OF NBC:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/orlando-massacre-names-gay-bar-shooting-victims-emerge-n590606

THE LIST, COURTESY OF THE ORLANDO PAPER:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/victims/os-pulse-nightclub-orlando-shooting-victims-htmlstory.html