
Post Pulse PTSD

Orange County Swift Assisted Victim Extraction (S.A.V.E) Team prepares to perform an extraction on a dummy at Fire Station 67 on September 12, 2018 in Orlando, Florida.

A view of Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, Florida.

Memorial seen at Pulse Nighclub

Omar Delgado
Omar Delgado, 46, credits his therapy dog named Jedi for assisting him in his healing process after being diagnosed with PTSD as an result of the Pulse Massacre. Delgado poses for a portrait near his Sanford home on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, he worked for the Eatonville Police Department for 9.5 years.

Brian Stilwell
Brian Stilwell, 37, poses for a portrait with the 1965 Ford Mustang he is restoring on Sunday, May 20, 2018 in Lakeland, Florida. Stilwell says working on his 1965 Ford Mustang and playing drums has been an important outlets for his healing.

Stephen Murdock
Stephen Murdock, 45, a veteran and a firefighter with PTSD poses for a portrait near his Vero Beach home in Florida on Sunday, March 18, 2018. Murdock was a Marine for 8 years (4 active/4 reserve) and a firefighter with Indian River County for 19 years.

Orange County Swift Assisted Victim Extraction (S.A.V.E) Team performs an extraction on a dummy at Fire Station 67 on September 12, 2018 in Orlando, Florida.

Josh Granada
Josh Granada, 38, credits his therapy dog named Jack for assisting him in his healing process after being diagnosed with PTSD as an result of the Pulse Massacre. Granada poses for a portrait near his Altamonte Springs home on Saturday, April 14, 2018, he worked for the Orlando Fire Department for 10 years.

Downtown City of Orlando Fire Station One


Memorial seen at Pulse Nighclub

Alison Clarke
Alison Clarke with the Orlando Police Department poses for a portrait at Kissimmee Golf Club on Monday, May 21, 2018 in Kissimmee, Florida. Clarke credits therapy and going to the range to hit golfballs for assisting her in the healing process after being diagnosed with PTSD.

Support First Responders sign seen outside the home of Stephen LaDue.

Josh Granada
Josh Granada, 38, credits his therapy dog named Jack for assisting him in his healing process after being diagnosed with PTSD as an result of the Pulse Massacre. Granada poses for a portrait near his Altamonte Springs home on Saturday, April 14, 2018, he worked for the Orlando Fire Department for 10 years.

Megan Vila + Stephen LaDue
Megan Vila, 36, and her father, Stephen LaDue, 79, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, February 28, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. Vila and her father lost their brother and son Steve LaDue in September 2017 to suicide. Steve was a retired firefighter at Tampa Fire Rescue.

Laly Santiago-Leon
Laly Santiago-Leon lost her cousin Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon during the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016. Laly poses for a portrait in Luis's old room in Rockledge, Florida on Monday, September 17, 2018.

Orange County Swift Assisted Victim Extraction (S.A.V.E) Team performs an extraction on a dummy at Fire Station 67 on September 12, 2018 in Orlando, Florida.

Amanda Murdock
Amanda Murdock, 37, wife of Stephen Murdock, a veteran and a firefighter, poses for a portrait in her Vero Beach home on Monday, March 19, 2018.

Gerry Realin
Gerry Realin, 38, credits paddle boarding for assisting him in his healing process after being diagnosed with PTSD as an result of the Pulse Massacre. Realin poses for a portrait near his New Smyrna Beach home on April 12, 2018, he worked for the Orlando Police Department for 11.5 years.

Diana Sandell
Diana Sandell, 36, poses for a portrait on Friday, March 2, 2018 in her Pompano Beach, Florida home on the two year anniversary of her husbands, Rich Sandell, suicide. He committed suicide in front of Diana in this room when she was seven months pregnant with their son who will be two in April. Diana holds the ax Rich used in Honor Guard.

Omar Delgado
Omar Delgado, 46, credits his therapy dog named Jedi for assisting him in his healing process after being diagnosed with PTSD as an result of the Pulse Massacre. Delgado poses for a portrait near his Sanford home on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, he worked for the Eatonville Police Department for 9.5 years.

Leslie Dangerfield
Leslie Dangerfield, 46, poses for a portrait while holding a glass rose which incases her husbands ashes outside her Delray Beach home in Florida on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Leslie lost her husband David Dangerfield in October, 2016 from suicide. David posted on facebook before he died: PTSD for Firefighters is real. If your loved one is experiencing signs get them help quickly. 27 years of deaths and babies dying in your hands is a memory that you will never get rid off. It haunted me daily until now. My love to my crews. Be safe, take care. I love you all. (Cassi Alexandra for ProPublica)





















