Saturday marks 21 years since the deadly tragedy at the E2 Nightclub.
A prayer vigil will be held to honor the 21 people killed during a stampede on Feb. 17, 2003.
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The vigil will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the club’s former location, 2347 S. Michigan Ave.
More than 1,000 people were gathered in the second-floor club, designed to hold 240.
When pepper spray was used to break up a fight, club-goers ran.
Hundreds of people rushed to the only exit, creating a stampede that jammed the stairwell. Twenty-one people died after they became trapped and were crushed in the stairwell.
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Months before the catastrophe, a court order was issued closing the club for building violations.
E2’s owners, Calvin Hollin, Jr. and and Dwain Kyles, were convicted of criminal contempt for violating that order but were cleared of involuntary manslaughter charges.