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Brenda McCool, Mom Shot at Pulse Nightclub, Laid to Rest

Brenda McCool, Mom Shot at Pulse Nightclub, Laid to Rest

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Funeral for victim of Orlando club shooting — Robert Presley, Isaiah Henderson, an unidentified family member and Tatiana Harris during the funeral for their mother Brenda Lee Marquez McCool in Orlando, Fla., on June 20, 2016Orlando Sentinel/TNS/Getty Images

June 21, 2016 4:49 AM EDT

Brenda Lee Marquez McCool was “crazy,” but in a good way, and “she literally loved everyone,” the son who watched as she was fatally shot at Pulse nightclub said in an emotional eulogy on Monday.

Isaiah Henderson, 21, was one of McCool’s 11 children, and on June 12, she went with him to the gay hotspot in Orlando, Florida.

They were dancing when Omar Mateen opened fire, killing McCool and 48 other people.

Henderson needed the support of two of his six brothers as he broke down in tears while delivering an affectionate and funny eulogy for his mom as…

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