--- description: Authorities released recordings of 911 calls from the friends and family members of those trapped inside Orlando's Pulse nightclub title: Orlando Shooting 911 Calls Released: 'They're All Scared to Death' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb01db3413480ba75/6988a44197cdfff7906ada28/pulse.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Orlando Shooting 911 Calls Released: 'They're All Scared to Death' by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 30, 2016 9:26 PM CUT  A view of the Pulse Nightclub sign on June 21, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Orlando community continues to mourn deadly mass shooting at gay club. The Orlando community continues to mourn the June 12 shooting at the Pulse nightclub in what is being called the worst mass shooting in American history, Omar Mir Seddique Mateen killed 49 people at the popular gay nightclub early last Sunday. Fifty-three people were wounded in the attack which authorities and community leaders are still trying to come to terms with. A view of the Pulse Nightclub sign on June 21, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Orlando community continues to mourn deadly mass shooting at gay club. The Orlando community continues to mourn the June 12 shooting at the Pulse nightclub in what is being called the worst mass shooting in American history, Omar Mir Seddique Mateen killed 49 people at the popular gay nightclub early last Sunday. Fifty-three people were wounded in the attack which authorities and community leaders are still trying to come to terms with.Gerardo Mora—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 30, 2016 9:26 PM CUT Authorities released [recordings of 911 calls](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-pulse-911-calls-sheriffs-office-20160830-story.html "undefined") from the friends and family members of those trapped inside Orlando’s Pulse [nightclub](http://time.com/4432873/pulse-nightclub-memorial-orlando-shooting/ "undefined") where 49 people were killed in June. “I called you guys 10 minutes ago,” said one man in the calls released Tuesday by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, [according to the Orlando _Sentinel_](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-pulse-911-calls-sheriffs-office-20160830-story.html "undefined"). “My girlfriend’s hiding in the club Pulse, where people are shot and dead and there’s like 18 people hiding in the bathroom … They’re all scared to death, and they all think they’re gonna die.” Not included in the release are calls made by people actually inside the building during [Omar Mateen’s](http://time.com/4411523/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-omar-mateen-muslim/ "undefined") shooting rampage; media outlets have sued for the public release of those recordings. Another loved one, the mother of someone trapped inside, called 911 and said, “My son is stuck in the bathroom down there, and I got him on the other phone … I called before, but they called dispatch and all the lines were busy.” \[[_Orlando Sentinel_](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-pulse-911-calls-sheriffs-office-20160830-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4473259/orlando-pulse-nightclub-911-calls/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4473259/orlando-pulse-nightclub-911-calls/"},"headline":"Orlando Shooting 911 Calls Released: 'They're All Scared to Death'","datePublished":"2016-08-30T21:26:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:18:03.142Z","description":"The calls came from friends and family members of those trapped inside Orlando's Pulse nightclub","url":"https://time.com/4473259/orlando-pulse-nightclub-911-calls/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb01db3413480ba75/6988a44197cdfff7906ada28/pulse.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb01db3413480ba75/6988a44197cdfff7906ada28/pulse.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Orlando Community Continues To Mourn Deadly Mass Shooting At Gay Club Pulse","caption":"Orlando Community Continues To Mourn Deadly Mass Shooting At Gay Club Pulse","creditText":"Gerardo Mora—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4473259/orlando-pulse-nightclub-911-calls/","name":"Orlando Shooting 911 Calls Released: 'They're All Scared to Death'"}}]}] ```