Saved Lives In The Pulse Club And Was Fired

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The outrage grows after hearing the news that a Florida police officer considered a hero for saving lives during the Pulse club massacre in Orlando was fired just six months after retiring as a pensioner.

Omar Delgado, a member of the Eatonville Police Department, monopolized plans after saving the life of Ángel Colón, one of the many injured left by the terrible episode that occurred on June 12, 2016 and where 49 people lost their lives.

Delgado was one of the first police officers to arrive at the scene to assist the wounded from the gay club. As a result of what happened, he now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

"I needed help and I think they are punishing me because I asked for help," the 45-year-old man told the local WFTV station. According to his version, the Police Department determined that he was not qualified for his duties and was informed that his last day of work would be December 31.

The news has drawn even more attention because Delgado - who has served in that agency for nine years - was about to receive his full pension after six months. "They cannot have the mercy to give me six more months," lamented the sorry man. "It's just so that I can receive the benefit and move on with my life."

The outrage over the case has caused a furor and reached the ears of Ángel Colón himself, who on Tuesday attended a meeting in the town hall to advocate for the man who saved his life. "God sent him and he was my great hero that night," the young man who suffered multiple gunshot wounds and a broken leg during the shooting told WFTV. "Without him, who knows if I would have stayed within the club and could not have left."

For now, the meeting has yielded some results: the Eatonville village council will pay for the days of Delgado's illness accumulated as a result of the tragedy. The police officer had been absent for months and had returned to simpler duties at police offices.

"We have reached an agreement with Delgado," Joseph Jenkins, Eatonville Police Chief, told the station. “We are going to terminate his employment on December 31st. There are circumstances [about] that I cannot delve into because it is protected information.”

"I don't need to be a police officer with a gun and that to be able to do small tasks," Delgado said at a media meeting on Tuesday. "Could they have let me do that for six more months? That is the question".