Some First Responders Dealing With PTSD One Year After Pulse Nightclub Mass Shooting

On its “Morning Edition” program and in its “Shots” blog, NPR (6/12) reports that some first responders who handled casualties at last year’s Pulse Nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, FL are now dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. While only a few have come forward to discuss their PTSD diagnoses, such as police officer Gerry Realin who has been unable to work since the mass shooting, many others have not wanted to “come forward because they don’t want to be seen as weak or unfit for duty.”

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— “A Pulse Nightclub Responder Confronts A New Crisis: PTSD,”Abe Aboraya, NPR, June 12, 2017.

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