Pulse survivor meets officer who saved his life

Angel Colon was rescued by Eatonville Officer Omar Delgado

The Eatonville Police Officer that saved one of the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting was reunited with the man he saved.

Officer Omar Delgado visited patient Angel Colon at Orlando Regional Medical Center.

Colon, 26, was in Pulse nightclub with shooter Omar Mateen opened fire killing 49 people and injuring more than 50 others. 

Colon pretended to be dead but thought, "I'm next, I'm dead" before the gunman twice shot at his head but struck his hand and hip instead.

Colon shared his story of the shooting on June 12 on Tuesday morning.

Colon said he spent the night at the club and was saying good-bye to his friends when things changed.

"It was a great night -- smiles and laughter,” said Colon, who added that he then started hearing gunshots.

“I was shot three times in my leg (as I was running away) and had fallen down,” Colon said. "I got trampled over. All I could do is just lay there as people ran over me."

Colon, whose leg was broken in the shooting, said Officer Delgado had to drag him across shattered glass and across the street to a nearby restaurant before he was taken by ambulance to ORMC.

This was the first time the two had seen each other since the night of the shooting.

Officer Delgado was in the company of Eatonvile Mayor Eddie Cole and Eatonville Police Deputy Chief Joseph Jenkins.


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