Hundreds Pray for 17 Club Fire Victims
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NEW YORK — Hundreds of mourners, many weeping, others calling for revenge, offered prayers at a funeral home Wednesday for 17 victims who were among 87 killed Sunday in the Happy Land social club fire in the Bronx.
Officials began preparations for an airlift of the dead to their Honduran homeland. The Red Cross has asked the New York National Guard to help transport the bodies, an official said.
Earlier in the day, family members of the victims met with American Red Cross officials at a school near the burned-out red brick building to receive the belongings each victim carried or wore when the fire struck.
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