. >> kicked off in tribeca. checkey beckford shows us how people are celebrating while honoring the orlando shooting victims. >> reporter: and there was no stopping the thousands who turned out f >> i like to do anything that supports individuals proud of who they are. >> reporter: the line to get in stretching along pier 26. ahead of what's expected to be new york's largest pride parade, revelers wearing arm bands for orlando. >> we love dancing. >> especially for the folks in orlando who were on a dance floor until hatred entered the floor. marched in every pride parade since 1977. but for thomas kline from ohio, the orlando massacre is what brought him back. >> after orlando hit, it meant a lot to me to really engage the community and to be proud of who i am. >> reporter: this year among the flags and floats, police are keeping extra watch. >> everyone's a little bit on edge. but that's not going to stop us. >> reporter: the tragedy, they say, only amplifying the outpouring of love under this raw >> you have

people attending this dance party on pier 26 in tribeca say they are celebrating advances in lbgt rights around the world. applauding friday's declaration of the stonewall inn as a national monument and remembering the 49 club goers murdered in orlando. >> i think that their death, it kile us and a lesson so that we can learn about humanity and unity and being together and just treating one another like brothers and sisters, as we are. >> reporter: pride parade marchers will observe a moment of silence before starting. and here's the parade route. starting at 5th avenue at 36th street and ending two miles later at christopher and bleecker streets. >> they are going to be in the march with us i danny ochoa is with the latino commission on parade featuring 49 flower petals. one for each of the orlando victims. >> an opportunity to show our faces. this is the opportunity to say, hey, we are here. >> reporter: photos and candles line the outside of the stonewall inn where in 1969 people rioted after police raided the bar. another memorial in tallahassee, florida features 49 flags with names,

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