Nearly two months after the deadly mass shooting that took place at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, in which 49 people were murdered, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced that the municipality wishes to buy the club and turn it into a permanent memorial.
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Almost two months after the tragic mass shooting that left 49 dead and 53 injured at Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, the city’s mayor says he wants the club to become a permanent memorial, WFME in Orlando reports.
“I think we need to determine some period of time that we leave it exactly as is with some adequate fencing”, Dyer said, “because there will be people that want to travel here to see it as it exists”.
Besides those killed, another 53 people were wounded during the June 12 attack.
Then, on Wednesday, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said in a radio interview that he thinks the city should buy the property to preserve it. Dyer made the announcement on the same day he toured Pulse with openly gay Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and his husband. “I’ve been, quite honestly, a little surprised at the volume of visitors that we have had”.
A spokesperson with the City of Orlando says the city has had exploratory discussions with the owners of Pulse Nightclub about the future of the site.
But the foundation later clarified that, while the club’s doors are still closed, the owners are hoping a memorial will be created at the site.
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The administrator of a fund raised by donations for survivors and family members of the Florida nightclub shooting that left 49 dead is holding two meetings in Orlando to explain how the more than $20 million will.
