Slideshow: Vigil in Tampa, Florida for victims of Pulse massacre
All photos by Nell Abram. Hear/read her accompanying radio report here.
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- An impromptu memorial placed in the center of a circle of hundreds of mourners at a candlelight vigil after the Orlando’s Pulse massacre. Sunday June 12, 2016. Only a few victims had been named when as many as 600 people took part in the hastily called event. (Photo Credit: Nell Abram)
- As many as 600 people lined the historic 7th Avenue in Tampa’s Ybor City Sunday to remember those killed in the Pulse massacre in nearby Orlando. (Photo Credit: Nell Abram)
- Attendees at the candlelight vigil in Tampa’s Ybor City pass the flame as they honor those killed in the Pulse massacre. (Photo Credit: Nell Abram)
- The ad hoc memorial where vigil attendees placed their candles as the Pulse massacre vigil came to a close. (Photo Credit: Nell Abram)
- Pastor Chad Edwards, Senior Pastor at Worship Unlimited Tampa Bay. (Photo Credit: Nell Abram)
- After the vigil ended, attendees placed their candles along the hexagonal tiled sidewalks of historic Ybor City in Tampa. (Photo Credit: Nell Abram)
- Ashley Green of Bay Area Dream Defenders was one nearly a dozen speakers at the candlelight vigil. (Photo Credit: Nell Abram)
- Attendees add their candles to the growing collection at the Pulse memorial outside Tampa’s Metro Wellness and Community Center. (Photo Credit: Nell Abram)
- One of the signs held at the vigil during remarks before candles were lit and a moment of silence observed at the vigil. (Photo Credit: Nell Abram)