ORLANDO, FLA: President Barack Obama arrived in Orlando on Thursday to meet with survivors of the massacre at a gay nightclub and relatives of the 49 people killed, as the US Senate inched closer to a vote on gun control measures. Reprising the role of consoler in chief that he has played following periodic mass shootings since he took office in 2009, Obama flew to Orlando with Vice President Joe Biden, who met with first responders, survivors and victims' families at the Amway Center, the home arena of the Orlando Magic NBA team. Sunday's attack, in which 53 people were also wounded, ranks as the worst mass shooting in modern US history. "The president believes that there's no more tangible way to show support than by travelling to the city where this horrific incident occurred," White House spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters on Air Force One en route from Washington. "He'll be standing with the citizens of Orlando during this difficult time, during this path of recovery."
