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At about 4 a.m. on April 5, 1967, tragedy struck the Cornell community when eight students and a young professor died in a fire at the off-campus Cornell Heights Residential Club. More than five decades later, survivors, victims’ family members, friends, university officials and others gathered Oct. 4, 2019 on the grounds between Day Hall and Sage Chapel to dedicate a new memorial to those who perished in the fire and to remember their lives.