June 12 (UPI) -- One year after a gunman opened fire on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., the city memorialized the 49 dead Monday and offered support to the survivors.
Family and friends of those killed joined survivors at the site where 49 people died by gunfire on June 12, 2016, for a remembrance closed to the public. The ceremony was timed to 2 a.m. on Monday, the moment when one year ago, Omar Mateen attacked the crowded club, popular with Orlando's gay community; he was killed by police during a 3-hour standoff.