<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"People began flooding the LifeSouth location on West Oxmoor Road in Homewood to give blood Sunday in response to the victims of the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub.Florida medical officials are in need of blood donations, specifically O negative and O positive blood types. They also need platelet donors.LifeSouth was contacted by OneBlood in Orlando to help in the emergency.Officials said they need people in the Birmingham area to help out.\"Florida is our neighboring state,\" Homewood resident Reed Strength said. \"Certainly Orlando is several (hundred) miles away, but it's a way we can directly help these victims. Donating blood is a bit of your time and a bit of your body, but it ultimately free.\"\"LifeSouth has been an emergency need since right before Tropical Storm Colin and we've been working to replenish our blood supplies,\" Leah Ratliff said.LifeSouth asks anyone who is planning to donate to bring photo identification."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.wvtm13.com/article/lifesouth-collecting-blood-donations-to-help-orlando-mass-shooting-victims/3836389>