Pulse sign removed ahead of site demolition – Orlando Sentinel

The sign for the Pulse nightclub is removed by workers,...

The sign for the Pulse nightclub is removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting in Orlando that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

The sign for the Pulse nightclub is removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

A Puerto Rican flag banner waves as the sign for the Pulse nightclub is removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

A last view of the sign for the Pulse nightclub before it is removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan talks about the progress of the Pulse Memorial, as the sign for the nightclub is removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Spectators watch as the sign for the Pulse nightclub is removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

A list of the victims on display while the sign for the Pulse nightclub is removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

The sign for the Pulse nightclub is ready for transport after being removed by workers, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the memorial site of the 2016 mass shooting that killed 49. The sign will be preserved and displayed at the permanent memorial, slated to open in Fall of 2027. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Workers begin the process of taking down the Pulse nightclub sign, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in preparation for the construction of the Pulse Memorial. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel)

Workers begin the process of taking down the Pulse nightclub sign, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in preparation for the construction of the Pulse memorial. Demolition of the building will begin next week and construction is slated to start in six months. The memorial is planned for the site of the former Pulse nightclub at 1912 S. Orange Avenue, where 49 people were killed and 53 were wounded in what was then the nation’s deadliest mass shooting. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel)

Workers begin the process of taking down the Pulse nightclub sign, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in preparation for the construction of the Pulse Memorial. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel)