【】
"Our community in central Florida is heartbroken but let's put our colors, religions, ethnicity, sexual orientation and political views all aside so we can UNITE against those who are trying to hurt us."
Even though he was fasting while observing the month of Ramadan, Mahmoud ElAwadi still made his way to OneBlood Inc. in Orlando, Florida, to donate blood to survivors of the Pulse terrorist attack.
SEE ALSO:John Oliver offers a touching message about the Orlando shootingIn his Facebook post, ElAwadi expresses the complicated duality of emotions he experienced as a result of the attacks.
Expressing anger and frustration at the shooter and loss of innocent lives, he also felt pride, witnessing, "thousands of people standing in 92 degree sun waiting on their turn to donate blood even after they were told that the wait time is five to seven hours."
"Yes together we will stand against hate, terrorism, extremism and racism," ElAwadi continued. "Yes our blood all look the same so get out there and donate blood cause our fellow American citizens are injured and need our blood."
Ultimately, his message was one of coming together, despite our differences.
"Yes our community in central Florida is heart broken but let's put our colors, religions, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political views all aside so we can UNITE against those who are trying to hurt us," he wrote.
Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.
TopicsGun Control
相关文章
This coloring book is here for all your relationship goals
LONDON -- We are living through the golden age of celebrity relationships. Gone are the days of tort2024-11-10Thanos reads Trump's tweets on 'The Late Show' with Stephen Colbert
Trump's tweets sound pretty natural coming from Thanos.Appearing on The Late Showwith Stephen Colber2024-11-10The newest 'Overwatch' hero is... a hamster?
UPDATE: June 28, 2018, 3:06 p.m. EDT The hero is named Wrecking Ball and the little hamster piloting2024-11-10Americans aren't sold on the idea of returning astronauts to the moon
Interest in the final frontier isn’t going anywhere.Earlier this year, the Pew Research Center2024-11-10Carlos Beltran made a very interesting hair choice
Apparently the Texas Rangers' Carlos Beltran is taking hair advice from another Carlos in sports --2024-11-10Slack went down again, so colleagues had to talk to each other
Slack was down for a few hours today. It has now returned online. The original story appears below.S2024-11-10
最新评论