Pulse massacre survivors revisit the nightclub before it’s razed for a permanent memorial
June 11, 2025
Survivors and family members of the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago are getting a chance to walk through the long-shuttered, gay-friendly venue this week. The central Florida club will be razed this week and replaced with a permanent memorial. In small groups over four days, the massacre survivors and family members of those who were killed can spend half an hour inside the space where Omar Mateen opened fire during a Latin night celebration on June 12, 2016. The shooting left 49 dead and 53 wounded. At the time, it was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Mateen was killed after a three-hour standoff with police.