Orlando shooting: Katy Perry offers to pay survivor's college tuition

Man who escaped Pulse massacre meets the pop star whose music inspired him

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Pop star Katy Perry made an Orlando nightclub shooting survivor's day by surprising him with a meeting – and an offer to pay for his college education.

Tony Marrero, a 30-year-old theme park worker, appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show to talk about the June massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, when he was shot four times by Islamist gunman Omar Mateen.

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