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Message Of Solidarity, Gun Control At Vigil For Orlando Massacre Victims

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MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) -- The city of Miami Beach organized a moving vigil honoring those whose lives were lost in a mass shooting in Orlando overnight Sunday.

Candles flickered in the wind as symbols of lives lost. They filled a good half of Sound Space Park just north of Lincoln Road.

Young and old attended the vigil.

Today is the day the nation changed. We all became one - they were told.

The Miami Beach LGBT community packs a powerful punch on Miami Beach so the vigil brought a slew of elected leaders from the beach and from across the causeway to be a part of the emotional event that was quickly put together by Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine.

Related: 50 Dead, 53 Injured After Shooting At Orlando Nightclub

"If you want to make a better world, you need to start with peace and accept everyone," said attendee Sophia Gutierrez.

"It is going to be one of those days when your heart just cries," said attendee Constance Collins.

Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado urged the crowd to back legislation to ban the sale of automatic weapons.

Meantime, other elected officials spoke about how the Orlando shooting served to bring people together as one: "Today we are all LGBT" was the message.

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