Ms. Parker knows everything that happened is all too real, but sometimes it does not feel quite that way. Ms. Murray was bleeding, and the last time Ms. Parker saw her was as the police broke through the walls of the bathroom and pulled Ms. Parker away. “He asked if there are any black people in here; I was too afraid to answer,” Ms. Carter said. But when they realized that Ms. Parker was not with them, they went back in for her. “I told her, ‘Let’s get Tiara; we’ve got to get Tiara,’ ” Ms. Carter said at a news conference at Florida Hospital Orlando, recalling her words to Ms. Murray.

Source: New York Times June 17, 2016 09:00 UTC