ORLANDO, Fla. – Minutes after Noor Salman, the widow of Pulse gunman Omar Mateen, was found not guilty of helping her husband during a terrorist attack at an Orlando nightclub, her family addressed the media.
Family spokeswoman Susan Clary apologized to the Pulse victims in her opening line:"On this Good Friday, the (Salman) family really wants to very first say, 'We are very sorry for the family members and friends of the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting and the survivors.'
Lastly, Noor Salman's cousin, Susan Adieh, addressed the media:"No matter what's going to happen, guilty or not, (the Pulse victims) are not coming back.
As the verdict was being read by the jury foreman, Noor Salman's hands were visibly shaking.
Her family gasped at the not guilty verdict and all of them began sobbing and holding each other.