2 New Yorkers Among Victims Of Orlando Nightclub Shooting
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- At least two New Yorkers are among the victims of the terror attack that occurred at a Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning.
Omar Mateen, 29, gunned down 49 people at the gay nightclub Pulse before he was killed by police. Mateen pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on a 911 call during the shooting.
CBS2's Ali Bauman reported the Glen Cove family of 29-year-old Marissa Delgado prepare to visit her in the hospital.
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"Her condition is now well, she's not doing too well this morning," Lisa Gonzalez-Curz, Delgado's cousin, said. "Her blood pressure is low and she has a lot of medical issues."
Delgado was shot 12 times at the nightclub and doctors are still removing the bullets.
"When I think about why and I can't imagine why and how this monster could do such a thing," Gonzales-Cruz said.
A family in Brooklyn is preparing to make funeral arrangements for 25-year-old Enrique Rios.
"I'm not angry at the gunman, I'm not angry at the situation," Gertrude Merced, Rios' mother, said. "I'm gonna forever miss my son, but I've been taught to believe my son knew the lord Jesus Christ and so I have the hopes I will see him again one day and I'm gonna hold on to that."
Rios, a home health aide coordinator, was visiting friends in Orlando for the weekend.
"I didn't get to say anything like bye or tell him I love him so that way he knows," Camille Castillo, Rios' cousin, said. "I didn't get to tell him to have a safe trip, I didn't get to do any of that."
Merced last spoke to her son Friday and now is on her way to Orlando to identify the body. She said her son's life was filled with love, and so even for the gunman, she has no hate.
"God's love is still real and let us not throw stones because we all live in glass houses," Merced said.
Rios' family said he lived with his aunt, cousin and grandmother who he helped care for, but he was saving up for a place of his own.
"He had dreams. He was working hard and he was trying to do his best to get there," Castillo said. "It was just cut short."
A GoFundMe page for the victims has raised more than $2 million as of Monday afternoon as more than 52,000 people have donated.