At least 96 dead in nightclub fire

CNN | 2/21/03

[Rain-maker]

I smell big lawsuit.

[kattracks]

Pryotechnics go off behind the band Great White Thursday night at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island

Fire creeps up the wall behind Great White soon after the pyrotechnics display

Concertgoers inside the packed nightclub flee for their lives, jamming exits as they try to escape the fast-moving fire

The nightclub is rapidly consumed by fire

Firefighters remove a body.

[ElectricStrawberry]

Yeah, heard this on the AM news this morn. Tragic, very tragic.
Only question I have is what condition the customers' brains were in at the time. Club owner's gonna get whacked as he should.

[JohnGalt]

Rhode Island is probably the most corrupt state in the union.

Nothing will happen; it will just go away.

[HairOfTheDog]

I smell big lawsuit.

And isn't that a shame?

[MassExodus]

The sight of the columns of flames climbing up the wall and the crowd cheering,
not knowing that they were about to die from it ....

* shiver

[Puppage]

As if the music wasn't enough to kill you.............

[village idiot]

If a fireworks tech wasn't there, who set up and started them?

[showme_the_Glory]

I smell big lawsuit.

Likewise but I'm guessing there aren't deep enough pockets or insurance to cover all the claims........

[TontoKowalski]

I smell big lawsuit.

Against whom? I wouldn't think that the owner of a small nightclub would have a lot of money, and I wouldn't think that a has-been band from the 80's would have it either.

I can't imagine how the city/state could be held liable.

I wonder how much insurance the club had...I bet not enough for 54 wrongful death suits.

[Centurion2000]

My God, I checked this out at 0600 this morning at it was 29 deaths .... and 131 injured.

[Cultural Jihad]

For some reason their official band site is off the net. From google's cache, where they talk about 'deadly denizens' and 'survival of the fittest' (to claw away from their deadly presence, apparently):

"Like the fearsome, deadly denizen of the deep that shares its name, Great White knows something about survival of the fittest. The Southern California blues-rock band first took a bite out of the rock scene in 1984 and has never let go. Great White has achieved worldwide success, encompassing sales of over six million records. They received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song ..."

[Lil'freeper]

The sight of the columns of flames climbing up the wall and the crowd cheering, not knowing that they were about to die from it .... * shiver

My thoughts exactly.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

There were also several "burn" references on it.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Its been nearly 12 hours since this disaster. Where's Jessie Jackson ?

[Cultural Jihad]

On the road to death and destruction

[TontoKowalski]

Its been nearly 12 hours since this disaster. Where's Jessie Jackson ?

I think he's still looking for that dog that was stranded on the ice in the middle of a river yesterday...

[alisasny]

It appears they just removed the pics showing them with the "fireworks."This statement just appeared in the last few minutes.

Due to the tragedy that occured in West Warwick, all dates are currently on hold and our prayers go out to everybody affected by this event. http://64.143.41.162/id24.htm < jack russell site with pic still on front page

http://64.143.40.127/ < Great White site that was just updated

[Cultural Jihad]

I misspoke. This page purports to be their official web site:
http://64.143.41.162/index.htm