Nine years after a gunman opened fire in an LGBTQ+-friendly nightclub in Florida, bullet holes can be seen in walls.

The nightclub is being replaced with a permanent memorial to one of the US’s worst mass shootings in modern history.

Thursday marks nine years since the Pulse nightclub mass shooting that killed 49 people in Orlando. On June 12, 2016, a gunman entered the nightclub and opened fire, which caused the deaths of 49 people and left 53 others injured.

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.

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