A sad anniversary, GDer's.

[Condem]

Six years ago, a fire at The Station in West Warwick, RI killed 100 people. Just going to a show. Great White. No reason for it. None at all.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Saw a pic of the jam in the door. it was scary. People stacked like sardines at the door.

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

2. A former Rhode Islander

remembers and thanks you for the notice.

[happyiowan]

3. My head is bowed.

Could of been any of us.

[DeepBlueC]

4. wasn't it the pyrotechnics?

[Condem]

6. Yeah, DeepBlueC

Lawsuits are still going. The fact is 100 people died, who shouldn't have. Life is, indeed, fleeting.

[lisa58]

5. omg - I remember that - how horrible

[SheilaT]

7. Ohhhh. I'd forgotten that it was this date.

I was with my son on a college visit, saw some news coverage on the evening news, when the first reports were of only a few deaths. Didn't learn the full horror until late the next day.

On a more cheerful note, this is also the date in 1962 that John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. I was in 8th grade, and the school I attended put the radio coverage of it on the school's PA system.