NY marks 25th anniversary of social club fire that killed 87

NEW YORK: Twenty-five years ago, what was then the biggest mass murder in US history turned a New York City dance club into a smoky, flame-filled inferno that left dozens of people dead, some with drinks still clutched in their hands. Gonzalez entered the Happy Land social club in the Bronx, which was humming with mostly immigrants partying and dancing.

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NY marks 25th anniversary of social club fire that killed 87

In this 1990 file photo, news crews report on an arson fire at the Happy Land social club in which 87 people perished, in the Bronx borough of New York. March 25, 2015, marks the quarter-century anniversary of what was then the biggest mass murder in modern U.S. history.

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NY marks 25th anniversary of social club fire that killed 87

The names of those who were killed in the Happy Land social club fire are displayed in a small park across the street from the former club's location in the Bronx borough of New York, Thursday, March 19, 2015. On March 25, 1990, a fire in the club killed 87 people.

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NY marks 25th anniversary of social club fire that killed 87

Twenty-five years ago, what was then the biggest mass murder in U.S. history turned a dance club into a smoky, flame-filled inferno that left nearly 90 people dead, some with drinks still clutched in their hands. Gonzalez entered the Happy Land social club in the Bronx, which was humming with people - mostly immigrants - partying and dancing.

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NY marks 25th anniversary of social club fire that killed 87

Twenty-five years ago, what was then the biggest mass murder in U.S. history turned a New York City dance club into a smoky, flame-filled inferno that left dozens of people dead, some with drinks still clutched in their hands. Gonzalez entered the Happy Land social club in the Bronx, which was humming with mostly immigrants partying and dancing.

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NY marks 25th anniversary of social club fire that killed 87

Blanco, whose favorite unc... . A salon stands in the location of the former Happy Land Social Club, in the Bronx borough of New York, Thursday, March 19, 2015.

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NY Marks 25th Anniversary of Social Club Fire That Killed 87

Twenty-five years ago, what was then the biggest mass murder in U.S. history turned a New York City dance club into a smoky, flame-filled inferno that left dozens of people dead, some with drinks still clutched in their hands. Gonzalez entered the Happy Land social club in the Bronx, which was humming with mostly immigrants partying and dancing.

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