With 'Broken Hearts and Open Arms' Thousands of Bostononians Stand with Orlando

Thousands of Bostonians flooded City Hall Plaza Monday, honoring those killed or wounded in Sunday's shooting at an Orlando gay club.

The community vigil followed two long days of Florida law enforcement chronicling the names of the dead, politicians making speeches and federal officials revealing the chilling details behind the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Two people with ties to Massachusetts died in the shooting: Stanley Manolo Almodovar III, a 23-year-old from Springfield, and 37-year-old Kimberly Morris, a former Northampton resident.

In honor of them and the other 47 lives lost Sunday, a crowd of thousands, according to multiple reports, offered moments of silence, prayers and tributes under rainbow flags at City Hall Plaza.

"Tonight we saw the very best of #Boston, standing together in solidarity w/ broken hearts & open arms for #Orlando," tweeted Mayor Marty Walsh, whose office organized the event.

He was one of many state and local officials in attendance:

Later, officials lit City Hall in the colors of the rainbow.

The mayor's office will make a condolence book available for members of the public to sign at City Hall's lobby and plaza entrance through the end of the week, during business hours. Walsh will send the condolences from Boston to Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer at the end of the week.

>> Top photo courtesy Boston Mayor's Office