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.

I needed to see where my son took his last breath,” a mother said of her visit to the Pulse nightclub. “It’s as simple as that, and as painful as it is, it’s nowhere near

ORLANDO, Fla. — Survivors and family members of the victims killed in the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago on Wednesday received their first chance to walk through the long-shuttered, LGBTQ+ friendly Florida venue before it’s razed and replaced with a permanent memorial.

Nine years after a gunman opened fire inside Pulse nightclub, killing 49 people in what was then the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, the Orlando community came together Thursday to remember the lives lost and others whose lives were forever changed by the tragedy.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ annual statement on the Pulse shooting anniversary released Wednesday makes no mention of the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities — the two groups most devastated by the massacre that left 49 dead.

Flags are flying at half-staff June 12 across Florida as a "mark of respect" for those who died or were affected by the Pulse Nightclub shooting.

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