As we await the result of the police investigation, we ask the community to come together and pay tribute to the life lost so tragically. The Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival typically attracts 35,000 spectators. It is celebrated in June on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors, Florida. Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride is one of the largest pride events in Florida. Heroic: Stonewall Pride is celebrated in Wilton Manors, USA. The annual parade celebrates the historic Stonewall riots and the start of the LGBTQ human rights movement. He emphasized that the event was a party that served 'to demand those rights that are denied in our country.' Photo: IMAGO/Alessandro Di Marco / IMAGO/ZUMA Wire. Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of the deceased, the other individuals involved, and the Chorus family. It was the first Pride parade since he took office. “We are devastated by the tragic accident on June 19 at the start of the Stonewall Pride Parade at the Fort Lauderdale High School involving members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus. Jeffrey Sterling, CEO of the Stonewall Pride and Street Festival, issued a written statement on Facebook: Wilton Manors is a noted gay neighborhood.
We are mourning the loss of life and hoping for a full recovery for the injured.”įort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis had initially declared the accident a terrorist act but reportedly later apologized for mischaracterizing it. From all indications it appears this tragedy was an accident. “The governor was concerned and wanted to get the facts on the ground.
“He called Sheriff Gregory Tony to get more information, because the preliminary reports from eyewitnesses were unclear as to whether it was an intentional attack or a terrible accident,” Christina Pushaw, the governor’s press secretary, said of DeSantis via email.
Both men, plus the 70-year-old driver, were members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus. members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus, the.
The event preparations start as the Drive closes to vehicular traffic at 5 a.m. One man was killed in the incident and another sustained serious but nonlife-threatening injuries, according to published reports. on Saturday as officials and marchers were gathered for the Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride Parade. Stonewall Pride in Wilton Manors, presented by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, returns for its 14th year in 2014, and the event’s organizers say that tens of thousands of people will converge on Wilton Drive for a day of entertainment and fun. Ron DeSantis conferred with Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony regarding what police are calling an accident in which a pickup truck plowed into celebrants at a Gay Pride parade over the weekend in Wilton Manors.