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Positivity and prayers outside Pulse nightclub

Posted at 11:20 PM, Jun 21, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-22 06:16:02-04

A picture is worth a thousand words.  Or one in the case just one -- love.

Outside Pulse Nightclub, it’s hard to find the right words. But you can feel them.

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"It’s like an emptiness,” said one woman stopping by.

“Coming down here I can feel my heart beating fast. I feel a little shaky,” added a woman named Josephine.\

“Very overwhelmed, very overwhelmed when I walked across the street I started getting chills,” said Nathaniel Reiff, an Orlando resident.

Orange barricades are now gone from Orange Avenue, where Pulse Nightclub is located.

It may look like it’s getting back to normal but the Pulse shooting has changed things forever.

Some wonder how Orlando can move on from the tragedy. Others suspect the city will never be the same.

It’s eerily quiet at a barber shop across the street from Pulse.

“Hopefully we will be seeing everyone soon,” said No. 1 Celebrity Barber Shop owner Carlos Sifuentez.

The store was open for the first time since the shooting. Sifuentez hopes to share stories of positivity with those who sit in his chair.

Those who stopped by say they are leaving positivity and prayers for Orlando.

“I have not found closure and I don’t think I really want to find closure because I want this to be in the back of my mind forever,” Reiff said.

“Pray for these people, the souls that are gone and pray for the people that are still here and God help them and their families,” Ross added.

Josephine expressed these sentiments. “It’s Orlando. This is our city. We feel for it.”