[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 113 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1097-E1098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE LIFE OF JUAN RAMON GUERRERO

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                           HON. ALAN GRAYSON

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 13, 2016

  Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Juan 
Ramon Guerrero, a resident of my district who lived in Orlando, 
Florida. Juan lost his life during the tragic shooting

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at Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016. He was 22 years old.
  Juan Ramon Guerrero was a third year student of finance at the 
University of Central Florida and worked part-time as a telemarketer. 
He is remembered as someone who was loved instantly by anyone who met 
him. He was always telling jokes and making people laugh. Juan came out 
to his family not long ago. For his upcoming birthday his family were 
planning a party, with his mother cooking his favorite foods.
  Juan and his boyfriend, Christopher ``Drew'' Leinonen, lived together 
and had been dating for nearly two years. The Guerrero family were 
loving and accepting of Juan and Drew and their relationship. Juan's 
sister remembers that ``They were so in love. They were soul mates. You 
could tell by how they looked at each other,'' she said. Juan and Drew 
were together at the club on the night of the shooting. They loved 
dancing, which is what brought them to the club that terrible night.
  The two died together. Drew was 32.
  The two families honored the love Juan and Drew shared with one 
another in a joint funeral service, a side-by-side farewell.
  Juan Ramon Guerrero will never be forgotten in our pursuit of a more 
just and loving world. His memory, and his acts of kindness will live 
forever in the hearts and minds of those who knew him.
  May his family, relatives and friends eventually find solace and 
comfort, and may he rest in eternal peace.

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