Pulse nightclub owner to unveil plans for permanent memorial

ORLANDO, FL - JUNE 12:  Orlando police officers seen outside of Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting and hostage situation on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspect was shot and killed by police after 20 people died and 42 were injured. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)

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Credit: Gerardo Mora

ORLANDO, FL - JUNE 12: Orlando police officers seen outside of Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting and hostage situation on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspect was shot and killed by police after 20 people died and 42 were injured. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)

Photos and posters currently outside Pulse nightclub in Orlando may soon be moving to make way for a permanent memorial to the 49 people killed at the club on June 12.

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Pulse owner, Barbara Poma, announced she will unveil plans for the memorial at 9 a.m. Thursday.

Poma had agreed to sell the club to the city of Orlando but changed her mind in December.

Since then, money to build the memorial has been raised via the One Pulse Foundation.

Visitor Evelyn Ayala said she was glad to know that the memorial was in the works.

“I knew some of the people that passed here, and it’s very sad, the situation,” she said.

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