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Former Muslim U.S Marine Saved at Least 70 People From Inside Orlando Nightclub
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Former Muslim U.S Marine Saved at Least 70 People From Inside Orlando Nightclub

Jun 21, 2016
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A story circulated online and got popularity after massive sharing on Facebook about the gunman of Orlando Nightclub incident. The story reported that the gunman was supposedly attached to the fundamentals of Islam. The story mentioned that there was another man and he saved too many lives inside the Nightclub in Orlando. A large number of news articles on different websites covered the story of former U.S Marine Imran Yousuf and his response during the shooting incident. Imran Yousuf had surved in the Marine Corps as a systems technician and electrical equipment engineer from June 2010 to May 2016 and he was deployed to Afghanistan in the year 2011.

Former Muslim U.S Marine Saved at Least 70 People From Inside Orlando NightclubThe former Marine performed a heroic action in helping people escaping to survive from the Nightclub in Orlando after the attack of a terrorist. Imran Yousuf was inside the nightclub when he heard the gunfire early in the Sunday morning. The former sergeant Imran Yousuf just left the U.S Marine last month said after attack on the nightclub, I ran toward a locked door due to people were stuck inside and showed fear to move. There was only one option, we all stay there and face the death with no mercy. Yousuf decided to take a chance, so he jumped over to open the door. He made an exit point and it is estimated that at least 70 people were able to escape safely from horrible scene inside the nightclub. At least 49 people were dead and 53 people were injured in this incident. Point to be noted that It has been confirmed that Imran Yousuf is a Muslim not Hindu because many news outlets mentioned that he is Hindu.