35 years later, pain of Happy Land Social Club fire remains

NEW YORK (PIX11) -- The years have passed, but the pain remains.

“The fact that they are still remembered 35 years later is touching. Sad but heartwarming,” said NYPD Officer Carlos Ellis. He was among those paying respects on the 35th anniversary of the Happy Land Social Club fire in the Bronx.   

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His cousins Hector Alvares and Isnes Martinez, were two of the 87 people who perished on that night of 1990. Most of them were Hondurans.

“They were very caring and loving...