Before the Las Vegas strip became home to the deadliest mass shooting in the US, the horrid title belonged to Orlando.

  • Las Vegas shooting reminds survivor of Pulse
  • Francisco Pabon, 23, escaped the nightclub unscathed
  • Pabon says it time for officials to step up

Due to the shooting at Mandalay Bay, Pulse survivors are now reliving the panic and sorrow they felt over a year ago.

Francisco Pabon, 23, managed to escape unscathed while at Pulse last year. But after hearing the news of what happened in Las Vegas, Pabon said a familiar fear come over him.

“I am here for a reason you guys are also here for a reason,” he said. 

Pabon said he knows the pain all too well, and that it’s hard not to think about Pulse.

“I can go to a place and I see that something wrong is happening. I want to go,” Pabon said. “I want to go because it gives me a flashback. Something is going to happen, something is going to happen you need to get out.”

Pabon said that beyond the condolences and the sympathies, it's time for government officials to step up.

“They need to take action about everything that happens in Vegas because if they do not take action this can be happening like every two weeks,” he said.

For some the Pulse site is just another location they may see in passing.  But for people like Pabon this is painful reminder of the several mass shootings this country has had to endure.  

Pabon sends his support to those who, like him, have come face-to-face with such a tragic event.

“It’s going to be a hard way to go through,” Pabon said. “But you need to keep focused and have positive things in your mind.”

Central Florida government officials will unveil proposed legislation to ban assault-style weapons on Wednesday.

It’s the second attempt since the Pulse nightclub shooting.