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Brenda Marquez McCool, 49, was a mom of 11 children from Brooklyn. McCool was with her son Isaiah, 21, who is gay, celebrating latin night at the LGBT club Pulse in Orlando. Her sister-in-law Ada Pressley said that wasnt unusualMcCool loved dancing, especially salsa, and she wanted to support her LGBT family.
When ISIS-inspired gunman Omar Mateen, 29, started shooting at partygoers at Pulse, McCools mom instincts kicked in fast. Her sister-in-law Pressley told the New York Daily News, Brenda saw him point the gun. She said, Get down, to Isaiah and she got in front of him.
She was shot dead. Thats how much she loved her kids. If it werent for her, hed of been shot, she added.
A grief stricken Isaiah Henderson wrote on Facebook, Just laying here thinking that I was just with my mom 24 hours ago, this is so surreal. I love you mom.
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MFM008
(19,808 posts)the feeling that would prompt such an action.
a brave lady.
RIP.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)It breaks my heart. Not just her sacrifice for her beloved son, all of it.
So many lives lost to mindless, blind hate.
Peace to Isaiah, his siblings and all those who are suffering.
Behind the Aegis
(53,956 posts)I think it would like have been many a mother. From stories coming out about her, seems she was "mother" to many LGBT people. I have known women like that who "adopt" gay kids in the bars because so many have been abandoned by their own families.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)brer cat
(24,564 posts)Thanks for posting, BtA.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)irisblue
(32,973 posts)Here's to bad ass Mommas.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)it's important we know them as individuals, not as numbers.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)mcar
(42,323 posts)Knows no boundaries. RIP, you wonderful hero.