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Calculated Shard: 84 (from laksa108)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa084.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/orlando-shooting.html\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/orlando-shooting.html\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/14\/us\/orlando-shooting.html","crawl_time":1772934692,"first_indexed_time":1465854912,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,nytimes!www,\/2016\/06\/14\/us\/orlando-shooting.html s443","src_root_hash":"4566504020376537684","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Orlando Gunman Was ‘Cool and Calm’ After Massacre, Police Say - The New York Times","meta_descriptions":["The Orlando police chief offered new details on the worst shooting in United States history, and other officials said that all but one of the 49 victims had been identified."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Advertisement\nSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\nVideo\nTimeline of Orlando Nightclub Attack\nA gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in an attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday.\nJune 13, 2016\nORLANDO, Fla. — The gunman who went on\na shooting rampage\nin a popular gay nightclub here shot nearly all of his victims in the first stages of the assault, then was utterly “cool and calm” while he talked by phone to law enforcement officials about further carnage, claimed allegiance to the Islamic State and praised the Boston Marathon bombers, officials said on Monday.\nAs officials offered new details about the\nworst mass shooting\nin American history, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded, Chief John Mina of the Orlando Police Department said that the gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, told police negotiators — falsely, they later discovered — that he had explosives and accomplices at Pulse nightclub.\nMr. Mateen eventually made comments persuading them that “there would be an imminent loss of life,” Chief Mina said, prompting the chief to end a three-hour standoff and order the assault that killed Mr. Mateen and freed dozens of people trapped in the club.\nLizette Alvarez reported from Orlando, and Christine Hauser and Richard Pérez-Peña from New York. Reporting was contributed by Wendy Thompson and Les Neuhaus from Orlando; Alan Blinder from Fort Pierce, Fla.; Rukmini Callimachi from Paris; Eric Lichtblau and Eric Schmitt from Washington; and Steve Kenny, Richard A. Oppel Jr., Rick Rojas and Daniel Victor from New York.\nRelated Content\nOrlando Shooting\nComplete coverage of the shootings at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.\nTodd Heisler\/The New York Times\nImage by David Goldman\/Associated Press\nvia Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services\nMore in U.S.\nShutterstock\nPhilip Cheung for The New York Times\nLibrary of Congress\/Corbis\/VCG, via Getty Images\nvia Nashville Noticias\nEditors’ Picks\nGetty Images\nJames Devaney\/Getty Images\nTrending in The Times\nArash Khamooshi for The New York Times\nAnna Malina Zemlianski\nIndigital.Tv\nGetty Images\nMegan Lovallo\nDamon Winter\/The New York Times\nAmy Dunham\/Rice University\nPhoto Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: Mandel Ngan\/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images\nImage by Hannah Reyes Morales for The New York Times\nAdvertisement\nSKIP ADVERTISEMENT","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/14\/us\/orlando-shooting.html#site-content)[Skip to site index](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/14\/us\/orlando-shooting.html#site-index)\n\nSearch & Section Navigation\n\nSection Navigation\n\nSearch\n\n[U.S.](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/us)\n\n[Log in](https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?response_type=cookie&client_id=vi&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fsubscription%2Fonboarding-offer%3FcampaignId%3D7JFJX%26EXIT_URI%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252F2016%252F06%252F14%252Fus%252Forlando-shooting.html&asset=masthead)\n\nSaturday, March 7, 2026\n\n[Today’s Paper](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/todayspaper)\n\n[U.S.](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/us)\\|Orlando Gunman Was ‘Cool and Calm’ After Massacre, Police Say\n\nhttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/14\/us\/orlando-shooting.html\n\n- Share full article\n- 2\\.5k\n\nAdvertisement\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/14\/us\/orlando-shooting.html#after-top)\n\nSupported by\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/14\/us\/orlando-shooting.html#after-sponsor)\n# Orlando Gunman Was ‘Cool and Calm’ After Massacre, Police Say\n- Share full article\n- 2\\.5k\n\nVideo\n\nTimeline of Orlando Nightclub Attack\n\nA gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in an attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday.\n\nBy [Lizette Alvarez](http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/lizette-alvarez)[Richard Pérez-Peña](http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/richard-perez-pena) and [Christine Hauser](http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/christine-hauser)\n\n- June 13, 2016\n\nORLANDO, Fla. — The gunman who went on [a shooting rampage](http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/orlando-nightclub-shooting-live-updates) in a popular gay nightclub here shot nearly all of his victims in the first stages of the assault, then was utterly “cool and calm” while he talked by phone to law enforcement officials about further carnage, claimed allegiance to the Islamic State and praised the Boston Marathon bombers, officials said on Monday.\n\nAs officials offered new details about the [worst mass shooting](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/us\/mass-shootings-timeline.html) in American history, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded, Chief John Mina of the Orlando Police Department said that the gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, told police negotiators — falsely, they later discovered — that he had explosives and accomplices at Pulse nightclub.\n\nMr. Mateen eventually made comments persuading them that “there would be an imminent loss of life,” Chief Mina said, prompting the chief to end a three-hour standoff and order the assault that killed Mr. Mateen and freed dozens of people trapped in the club.\n\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/06\/12\/us\/orlando-shooting-stack-1465744418979\/orlando-shooting-stack-1465744418979-videoLarge-v5.jpg)What Happened Inside the Orlando Nightclub Accounts of what happened from officials and witnesses.](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/06\/12\/us\/what-happened-at-the-orlando-nightclub-shooting.html)\n\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/06\/13\/us\/13orlando-shootings\/13orlando-shootings-square640.jpg)Mass Shootings in the U.S. This partial list dates to 2007, the year of the Virginia Tech mass shooting.](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/us\/mass-shootings-timeline.html)\n\n[Subscribe to The Times](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/subscription?campaignId=8WXW7) to read as many articles as you like.\n\nLizette Alvarez reported from Orlando, and Christine Hauser and Richard Pérez-Peña from New York. Reporting was contributed by Wendy Thompson and Les Neuhaus from Orlando; Alan Blinder from Fort Pierce, Fla.; Rukmini Callimachi from Paris; Eric Lichtblau and Eric Schmitt from Washington; and Steve Kenny, Richard A. Oppel Jr., Rick Rojas and Daniel Victor from New York.\n\nRead 2,466 comments\n\n- Share full article\n- 2\\.5k\n\n### Related Coverage\n[Orlando Attack Roils Gay Community, Painfully Accustomed to Violence June 12, 2016 ![Orlando Attack Roils Gay Community, Painfully Accustomed to Violence](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2016\/06\/13\/us\/13GAYS1\/13GAYS1-thumbLarge-v2.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/13\/us\/orlando-attack-roils-gay-community.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article&region=Footer)\n\n[Omar Mateen: From Early Promise to F.B.I. Surveillance June 12, 2016 ![Omar Mateen: From Early Promise to F.B.I. 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But the last five years saw a boom in wealth of a kind never before seen. Across the country, the 2017 tax cuts [minted hundreds of new billionaires](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/02\/us\/billionaire-boom-takeaways.html).\n- **Birthrate Decline:** Births in the United States [have fallen to the lowest rate in history](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/27\/us\/politics\/us-birthrate-decline-women.html). While the political class is worried, some experts say there is good news buried behind the worries about population decline. 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Boilerpipe Text	Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Video Timeline of Orlando Nightclub Attack A gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in an attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday. June 13, 2016 ORLANDO, Fla. — The gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a popular gay nightclub here shot nearly all of his victims in the first stages of the assault, then was utterly “cool and calm” while he talked by phone to law enforcement officials about further carnage, claimed allegiance to the Islamic State and praised the Boston Marathon bombers, officials said on Monday. As officials offered new details about the worst mass shooting in American history, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded, Chief John Mina of the Orlando Police Department said that the gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, told police negotiators — falsely, they later discovered — that he had explosives and accomplices at Pulse nightclub. Mr. Mateen eventually made comments persuading them that “there would be an imminent loss of life,” Chief Mina said, prompting the chief to end a three-hour standoff and order the assault that killed Mr. Mateen and freed dozens of people trapped in the club. Lizette Alvarez reported from Orlando, and Christine Hauser and Richard Pérez-Peña from New York. Reporting was contributed by Wendy Thompson and Les Neuhaus from Orlando; Alan Blinder from Fort Pierce, Fla.; Rukmini Callimachi from Paris; Eric Lichtblau and Eric Schmitt from Washington; and Steve Kenny, Richard A. Oppel Jr., Rick Rojas and Daniel Victor from New York. Related Content Orlando Shooting Complete coverage of the shootings at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Todd Heisler/The New York Times Image by David Goldman/Associated Press via Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services More in U.S. Shutterstock Philip Cheung for The New York Times Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG, via Getty Images via Nashville Noticias Editors’ Picks Getty Images James Devaney/Getty Images Trending in The Times Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times Anna Malina Zemlianski Indigital.Tv Getty Images Megan Lovallo Damon Winter/The New York Times Amy Dunham/Rice University Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Image by Hannah Reyes Morales for The New York Times Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT
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By [Lizette Alvarez](http://www.nytimes.com/by/lizette-alvarez)[Richard Pérez-Peña](http://www.nytimes.com/by/richard-perez-pena) and [Christine Hauser](http://www.nytimes.com/by/christine-hauser) - June 13, 2016 ORLANDO, Fla. — The gunman who went on [a shooting rampage](http://www.nytimes.com/live/orlando-nightclub-shooting-live-updates) in a popular gay nightclub here shot nearly all of his victims in the first stages of the assault, then was utterly “cool and calm” while he talked by phone to law enforcement officials about further carnage, claimed allegiance to the Islamic State and praised the Boston Marathon bombers, officials said on Monday. As officials offered new details about the [worst mass shooting](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/mass-shootings-timeline.html) in American history, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded, Chief John Mina of the Orlando Police Department said that the gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, told police negotiators — falsely, they later discovered — that he had explosives and accomplices at Pulse nightclub. Mr. Mateen eventually made comments persuading them that “there would be an imminent loss of life,” Chief Mina said, prompting the chief to end a three-hour standoff and order the assault that killed Mr. Mateen and freed dozens of people trapped in the club. 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As officials offered new details about the [worst mass shooting](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/mass-shootings-timeline.html) in American history, which left 49 people dead and 53 wounded, Chief John Mina of the Orlando Police Department said that the gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, told police negotiators — falsely, they later discovered — that he had explosives and accomplices at Pulse nightclub. Mr. Mateen eventually made comments persuading them that “there would be an imminent loss of life,” Chief Mina said, prompting the chief to end a three-hour standoff and order the assault that killed Mr. Mateen and freed dozens of people trapped in the club. Lizette Alvarez reported from Orlando, and Christine Hauser and Richard Pérez-Peña from New York. Reporting was contributed by Wendy Thompson and Les Neuhaus from Orlando; Alan Blinder from Fort Pierce, Fla.; Rukmini Callimachi from Paris; Eric Lichtblau and Eric Schmitt from Washington; and Steve Kenny, Richard A. 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