Son collapses in tears at the funeral of his mom who shielded him from bullets during Orlando massacre

Brenda Lee Marquez-McCool was dancing with her son Isaiah Henderson at Pulse nightclub when shots rang out over the blaring music. Instead of running away, she threw herself on her son, shielding him from shooter Omar Mateen. She died protecting her son, pictured in the middle crying

McCoo, 49, was a  two-time cancer survivor. Her sister-in-law Ada Pressley told the New York Daily News that McCool saw gunman Omar turn his assault rifle at her and her son and said:  

"Get down,' to Isaiah and she got in front of him,". She was shot dead. That's how much she loved her kids. If it weren't for her, he'd have been shot."

At her funeral at the First United Methodist Church of Orlando today, Henderson, 21, broke down as he paid heartfelt tribute to his mother, almost unable to stand while he spoke.

"I never thought that her life would be ended right in front of my eyes," he said, sobbing. "My mother accepted everyone with open arms. She loved everybody equally, no matter what."

His brothers rushed to the pulpit to hold him up and console him.

"I haven't stopped crying since," Henderson said.

The funeral was also full of humor and colorful moments as Marquez-McCool’s family remembered her life. She was repeatedly referred to as a resilient woman who was a family leader and a fighter.

Henderson said he and his mother used to wrestle and "play fight," adding that his mother always won. “I obviously lost. She’s a linebacker!” he joked. His family roared with laughter.

Many of Marquez-McCool's 11 children spoke. Her brother Michael Santos was the only one of her siblings to offer words of remembrance, and he struggled at times to get through them.

"I have nothing to say to you because my heart is on fire. I have no words," said Santos.

He spoke fondly of their Puerto Rican heritage and said that his sister was quite the dancer, the life of the party. He looked toward heaven and asked her to "tell Jesus to step up the salsa game."

Robert Pressley Jr., another of Marquez-McCool's sons, joined his friends near the altar and sang a tribute to his mother, at times pulling the microphone away from his mouth and holding down his head as he struggled to finish the song through tears.

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The 34-year-old Swede who has been a prominent fixture for the national side made the announcement in a post-game media conference.

Sweden will play Belgium on Wednesday in what could the former PSG striker's final game for his country. Speaking to the media ahead of the game, Ibrahimovic said:

"The last game of the Euros will be my last game with Sweden. I will not participate in the Olympics. So my final game of the Euros will be my last. So let's hope it goes as long as possible. I hope that tomorrow will not be my last game. But I don't have any regrets.

"There is no disappointment. I'm very proud to be the captain of Sweden. I want to take this moment to thank the fans for always supporting me wherever I go, I will always carry the Sweden flag with me and stand with it."

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Wade told the magazine that from 2012 through 2014, during the Big Three era, “those years were so hard for me. I felt like my body was betraying me -- out of nowhere, there was so much pain in my knee. Anytime I made a move, and I mean like a step or a walk, any move was painful. I remember just thinking at one point, ‘What have I done to deserve this?’ This is something that's very important to my sport, my career and my future. And it got to a point where I was thinking, ‘Man, do I want to continue to feel all this pain?’

"I felt like my body was betraying me. It was every game, it was every day, literally. During drills in practice one day, I thought, ‘Nobody in this gym knows how much pain I'm in right now.’ It hurt to run, stop, plant, and it's killing me. But I didn't let people know. I didn't use no excuse. I just tried to do my therapy to fight through it.”

But after working with a new trainer and changing the focus of his training last offseason, Wade missed only seven games due to injury, down from 20 the previous season.

"I'd say I probably felt like I was 28 this season,” he said. “There were times when I did certain things and was like, ‘Man! That was like young me!’ And then there were other times when I played my old-school game and played at my own pace.”

He said he “never envisioned that I would be playing this long. I think I always told myself that my body would tell me, 'Hey, I gave you enough, it's time.' So whenever my body tells me that, I'll listen to it and then I'll make that decision. But nah, I'm not there yet. I've got some good years left."

He said appearing in ESPN’s Body Issue "is bigger than looking at an athlete's body. It's more about the story we are telling of overcoming my fear of doing this. I had a fear of being naked in front of others and a fear of being judged. When I was young, my belly button was an outie, and I never even wanted to take my shirt off when we were at the swimming pool or outside during water fights. The only people who went into the pool with their shirts on were the kids who were overweight — and me. I knew that I was different…. I was just never comfortable until about four years ago, when I started feeling comfortable with my body overall."

The body issue will be available on line on July 6 and in newsstands July 8. Besides Wade, 18 other athletes are photographed in the issue, include former UM and NFL star Vince Wilfork, former Olympic diver Greg Louganis, Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta and Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown

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