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Pulse nightclub victims remembered on seventh anniversary of bloodbath

ORLANDO, Fla. — Across central Florida, the 49 victims killed and dozens extra survivors of the bloodbath at a gay-friendly nightclub have been remembered with the disclosing of a 44-foot-wide mural, the ringing of church bells and an in a single day vigil on the website of the Pulse membership on Monday, the seventh anniversary of the tragedy.

Several folks gathered on the website of the Pulse nightclub close to downtown Orlando at 2 a.m. Monday, across the time that gunman Omar Mateen opened hearth in 2016, leaving 49 folks lifeless and 53 wounded. At the time, it was the worst mass capturing in trendy U.S. historical past, however that quantity was surpassed the following 12 months when 58 folks have been killed and greater than 850 have been injured amongst a crowd of twenty-two,000 at a rustic music pageant in Las Vegas.

Mateen was killed after a three-hour standoff by SWAT staff members. He had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.



At the Orlando Museum of Art, a colourful, a 44-foot-by-18-foot mural depicting the victims was unveiled. In the afternoon, a downtown church was planning to ring its church bells 49 occasions in what has grow to be an annual custom.

“After seven years, our hearts remain broken from the senseless act of violence that took the lives of 49 innocent people and injured so many others,” Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings mentioned. “It is comforting to know that our community has not forgotten the pain and suffering of the families and survivors, for it is the only way that love will prevail over hate.”

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