As 11th anniversary approaches this week, we take a look at a survivor from The Station Nightclub Fire as he gives a harrowing account of his escape: ow.ly/tPhRk
My thoughts.... we did NOT learn our lessons from such events such as the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire. I am sure there are some major differences however....
did the owners have insurance for the station nightclub if so i find it funny watching this video and hearing this guy talk about a whole in the wall where a atm machine used to be and him saying there where going to sale the nightclub could the owners planned that fire to happen by taling great white that they can use pyrotechnics just a thought that got into my head while i was listening to this guy speak hes a true hero and i agree all buildings should have sprinker systems
That's me tripping over the tour manager as he's trying to uncoil a fire hose. My dad is right behind me pointing his finger at me. That was right after they pulled me away from trying to pull people out. I got two out. A man and then a woman. I never went back till this year 2017. 14 years. When I see myself in this video. I think back. I was only 29 yrs at the time. I had just started my own construction company. Over the next five years. I spiraled out of control with drinking and drugs. Lost my business and my mind. Tried to kill my self. Hospitalized. I just wasn't equipped to deal with this. It's taken a long long time to come to terms with it. God bless all of us. Keep stepping and stay strong
TImothy, I'm so sorry that you experienced such a terrible tragedy and the problems it created for you. Trauma is hard to grasp, it's very normal for it to takes years, even decades, to get to a point where you can live a more normal life. Keep fighting the good fight, you may feel alone, but you're not. Take care of yourself. Best to you always.
Oh God, you're "Timmy, c'mere." I'm so sorry you were a part of this, but so grateful you were able to pull out those you did. Trauma affects everyone differently and I'm sorry your journey has been so difficult. I hope you and your family are doing better now. I'm in recovery myself. Best to you. Keep on the good path.
Your honest account of the tragedy is admirable. No courses or any education can prepare one for how to deal with tragedy. I wasn't there, but watched from uploaded videos on this site. I went thru a horrible car accident suffering severe injury I became mad at the medical field for not warning the public about how to feel afterwards. Did much research and found children are taught to stop, drop and roll and stay to the ground because that's where the oxygen is, but not to many adults remember this in time of need. Human beings don't want to listen to warnings such as don't drink and drive, or choosing to smoke when pregnant because we think we can handle it and nothing bad is going to happen. Safety above everything else must come first in a person's life. I see myself in so many of the folks at the station that night because I used to be just like them. Also, admire folks that act in time of need as in New York on 911 and here. Everyone that participated in saving someone or trying to save someone but didn't shouldn't feel bad. Talking to a therapist instead of choosing to numb yourself with drugs and alcohol was the path I chose and it has taken many years to understand and accept I'm not the same person anymore. I live my life so differently now and yes safety is number one wherever I go. I'm glad you came to terms with what happened and how it has impacted you. You are a great person, a role model to the rest of us in time of need.
Spoke about my mom and how the trauma she suffered affected the rest of the family. I miss the mom she used to be. She's different now and I don't like who she is and she doesn't like who she is either. She suffers from PTSD, and has high levels of anxiety anytime she is out and about around other drivers on the road. Therapy has helped a whole lot better than drugs and alcohol because of the damaging effects it causes on the body. One day she'd like to visit the memorial site where the Station club was on her terms with driving it's not a straight shot to get there and can take her as long as it takes to get there considering the northeast has lots of traffic and cars on the road! From one trauma story to another she intends to see it thru to make it one day.
There was a guy in there for an hour the building had burnt all around him he was saved buy all the body's on top of him he kept calm lay on his side and prayed to his dead dad he was near the front and the fire men came in and said there all dead and statred lifting the dead out and he grabbed his show and he got a fright then realised he was alive held his hand never let go as they lifted more he sat up and felt someone behind him and it was a victim all burned head to two but alive he felt so guilty that this people burned and he wasent touched just a few burns on his leg what a teagiday
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
My friend lost his fiance in the fire. He never got over losing her. He committed suicide less than a couple years later. He took a boat to the middle of a pond, tied himself to a big rock, and threw the rock and himself overboard.
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
Sydney: I know. This thread is not the place for that sort of comment. Cakes should be ashamed of him/her/self. We got victim's parents and other kin coming on here, and he's bringing up stuff that should be on Phil's show! smdh...
on a night that I was outside smoking a cigarette. I would have never thought I would be a lucky survivor of this nightmare I live every day the screams still in my head
It's literally torturous to think about this...I mean the speed of the fire was just too fast. I watched the 6 1/2 minute video assuming it would only show how the fire started, NEVER thinking in a 6 min video the ENTIRE club would be in flames and everyone dead. Ever since I watched, it's been kinda haunting me. Weeks have gone by and I still hear screams vividly from the video (cant even believe its on CZcams to be honest). I just find it scary knowing I've been in MANY extremely claustrophobic nightclubs, some that had LOOOOOONG hallways to the Exit. narrow, old hallways. Clubs that look like they shouldn't even be legal for business because of the safety hazards...then I saw the video and thought of how unbelievably scary the situation would be. Even in the video, as the cameraguy exits the club, you can TELL people start to look panicked....but they're so close to the Exit that they probably feel relieved that they are right around the corner, and it's a fire behind them....not realizing the smoke would cause so many people to collapse, and then cause a pile of bodies to be stacked....only THEN for the panic to truly kick in and realize "this is really bad now"....and with THICK dark toxic smoke, all that heat, and fire raging....that is a complete nightmare. It's depressing to realize that I'm watching this in 2016 safe at my desk....but that was the last moments of 100 people's lives. That moment of panic and terror...that was the last moments of their lives and it is completely unfair. YET the club owner who REPORTED on Flamable Foam in beds....and WANTED a video about "club safety" that night got ZERO jail time, his brother only got like 2 years, and the TOUR MANAGER who was a fucking idiot and sparked it (without any fire extinguishers ready just in case) got like 2 years as well...out of a 4 yr sentence. So basically he just killed 100 people, was found guilty....and barely stepped foot in jail. MEANWHILE....people with 3rd strikes on MARIJUANA are getting LIFE SENTENCES....even if their 3rd Strike was just simply smoking a joint. That's right folks.....smoke a joint, go to jail for life......kill 100 people...go for a year or so.
they don`t need a sentence by court. can you emagine the guilt of having that on your responseability. compared to what they have done i think the punishment of knowng you where responsebly is more then 1000 years in jail.
As you say Mark, the exits were so close and yet they still couldn't get everyone out. Terrible. I also remember going into claustraphobic clubs and some where the exits were hidden by a partition or down a hall and hard to find because the vendors didn't want you to leave. To go from having a good time with your friends to a scene of absolute terror in an instant must be eternally traumatising. Much respect to Robert Feeney for spreading awareness and hopefully preventing yet another similar incident.
Yeah, I don't really get the point of jailing someone, because of this. The guy wasn't a psychopath. He has to live with the guilt all his life. Imprisoning people like that doesn't solve anything. It's not going to bring those people back.
You are so damn right! I still think the owners of the club had already gotten the money for the club because it was supposed to be sold the very next day from what I hear so they said fuck it use pyro what do we care anymore? Plus the owners had previously told another band they could use flamethrowers but do it toward the middle of the stage. So they knew that foam was flammable as hell. Plus with it being spraypainted black it only added to the toxicity of the smoke and helped spread the flames faster.
I haven't been to a crowded club since I heard about this fire. It scares me to death. Anytime I'm in a public place, I always scope out the exits just in case.
I was at the Alrosa Villa the night Dime (as well as a few others) was murdered. It wasn’t as devastating of an event in terms of lives lost, but being packed inside a place like that, even when it wasn’t filled to capacity, when pandemonium strikes takes the life out of you. Plus, I watched my hero get murdered, and I can never unsee that. I’ll never go to another small venue again.
Exactly. It’s ironic because I was always into fire safety as a kid (I still think it’s one of the most important things and will always think that), but now I’m a designer and I’m thinking about owning/running such an establishment.
Before u buy that brewskie and sit down for a good time, walk around the club and find all the exits and see if they will open to the outside. It only takes a few minutes to be safe. Always have an escape plan ready in the back of ur mind for u and ur friends then u can react fast to danger while others are still wondering waz up.
@@aintnolittlegirl9322 How can everyone "stay on the outside of the crowd"? There will be no more crowd to stay outside of. It's a kind of contradictory advice.
Imagine being in the restroom and not even know what's going on until it's too late. This has been haunting me ever since. It could have easily been me because I went to these kind of shows all the time. I was not there but feel horrible for these people and the true terror of it all. It was criminal that this happened at all, never should have happened.
2 females were found in the bathroom Katherine O'Donnell and Bridget Sanetti. Bridget made a 911 call from the bathroom. Bridget and Katie were there with Bridget's uncle's towards the end of the camera mans video her uncle said "Bridget just burned to death the whole fucking place is on fire."
There was I believe 2 bodies in the woman's bathroom and 1 in the men's bathroom I might be wrong on the numbers but they never had a chance too escape really sad
There was one person who died in the men's bathroom I don't know if anyone knows who it was I think there was 2 or 3 people who died in the office I am guessing Dina was one of them since she got out of the building and went back for something I was thinking a birthday gift maybe since it was her birthday
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
NIST actually ran test using the same materials found at the Station fire. Finding that a sprinkler system that was even just meant to contain a small residential fire would have been able to stop the flashover of the Alcove and hold the Fire back long enough for everyone to evacuate and the Fire Rescue teams to arrive. Without sprinklers the FOAM went unchecked and the drummers Alcove flashed over, Causing a decent of the smoke ceiling that descended in less than 30 seconds.
@NSVP Haaglanden Bullshit. A sprinkler system would have saved most, if not every single person in that place that night, and could have even completely extinguished the fire. Instead, there was literally nothing to stop something like this from happening. Not even a fucking fire extinguisher.
@Reg. Oper. Team That is what I was thinking. My cousin's business had sprinkler system in place but it still burnt to the ground. Thankfully it was at night when no one was there. I guess the flames just overpowered everything.
This building was inspected several times by the chief fire marshall and deemed safe, even though the flammable material used to sound proof the ceiling and walls was not up to code. Also the fire marshal increased the allowable capacity of people to be inside. He was never charged for his part in the fire, despite it being his sole job to keep people safe. One thing the owners should have known and accounted for was adequate escape routes. You can't pack that many people in an enclosed situation and not have a proper way of getting them out quickly but then again the fire marshall said everything is fine.
It is a common story all around the world. The problem is you cannot pay people to give a shit. What you really need is to recruit fire inspectors from people who have personal experience with fire tragedy. Not necessarily victims, but people with a track record of caring for or supporting victims of any form of hardship: good samaritans, rescue workers, volunteers political activists and whistle blowers. People who have already gone above and beyond for other people.
@@wiretamer5710 He was an acting fire captain at the time of this fire. If firefighters can't be expected to understand the danger of violating fire codes, then who can? Let's say that this tragedy did not happen and instead the station had a kitchen fire on a normal non packed night. Everyone gets out, but firefighters have to go in. He's got to know that putting fellow firefighters into a situation like that, with highly flammable foam on the walls waiting to erupt is a recipe for disaster. Fire codes and storage requirements for chemicals and other materials that can exacerbate fire don't exist solely for the benefit of the general public (though that is their main concern). Big parts of one Massachusetts town burned to the ground in two conflagrations and put everyone, including people trying to battle the fires in extreme danger, before they decided it was not a good idea to allow tinder boxes filled to the brim with tons of highly flammable materials to be unregulated and stored haphazardly. Everyone in the fire services knows the danger and risks. The problem is turning a blind eye to corruption and wanton greed. Can I prove without a shadow of a doubt that it was down to corruption and greed and not mere laziness and stupidity? No of course not, and since his immunity disqualified him from any serious investigation, it is impossible to know, but if it walks like a duck and looks like a duck, it's probably a duck.
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
Its important for your own safety that you not think about the construction of the building, and concentrate on the contents of the building. All modern buildings are full of plastic, which is solid petrol. The best you can do with building design is maximise the chances for people to escape a fire alive. Nothing more.
As someone who lives in RI, and had been a musician and club goer locally for years, this story is a reminder of how many clubs and bars in the area were and are death traps. I have no words, and though I wasnt at the Station that night, I will never forget what happened and the innocent people who were killed while simply out to enjoy a night of music and friends.
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
It was horrendous in Dublin. But at least people went to prison in the US. Families of the stardust victims are still fighting for justice. The butterly family actually got compensation from the council for loss of the building !!!!! They had padlocked the emergency exits ffs !!!!! The human pile up happened because the door opened in and not out. Horrific. I remember it well.
I was in Matt the thresher oub in Kilkenny and saw the emergency exits were padlocked and said it to the bouncer who basically sneered at me ...I was horrified.the place was packed !!!! With drunk people ... I reported it to the fire authorities who visited them but nobody was charged .....it can happen again very easily....... There should be an emergency number you can call to report these violations and the places shut down that evening
DarrenBonJovi my dad told me he had nightmares of that night when he saw it on the news. It was before I was born, he’d have only been about 25 himself at the time and he said the night he saw the news article he had nightmares.
AlexDoes Videos I don’t think it’s someone from in the building, I think it’s one of the people who was trying to pull people out of the door way cause seconds before that, flames just shoot out of everywhere and then you see him. It’s crazy
If you were in the concert room, you had 180 seconds to get out before the flashover. Which occurs just after the woman cries 'Where's my husband?' If you were in the main bar room you had a two and half minutes. If you were in the toilets or the back room, you had no chance. If you were in the kitchen you survived.
Can you even imagine the strength it takes to talk about such a traumatic experience? Bless every single person involved in this. Bless this guy for telling us his story. Did they put in a proper memorial there yet? Last I read, they were working on plans and trying to get funding for it. Any updates?
I agree 100% The club owners should have been held accountable for this very Sad tradgic loss of over 100 lives. If only they would have had sprinkler systems most all would have been saved. My heart goes out to ALL who lost their loved ones during this tragic event.
@M Detlef would you chill out and quit spazzing like a dang maniac? Calling someone a liar, have you thought that this person didn't get the update information you stupid moron???
That's a crucial piece of information he gave...they were selling the building the next day...so they probably felt they had nothing to lose in doing the pyrotechnics. What a shame...all those lives lost.
This tragedy could have easily been avoided if only a few brave men or woman could have worked together to pull those piled up at the front door to safety. Instead the cowards ran for their own selfish lives while others were trampled and burned to death. Those mindless selfish survivors have many souls on their shoulders....but they happily took lawsuit settlement money. You know who you are. Shame on you.
@@lsmith88baby2 You have no right to condemn people because you have no idea how you would react in the same situation. You might think you'd be brave and help people, but you'd probably run. Self-preservation is a very strong instinct.
Lawson Smith No, shame on you, for your arrogant, ignorant judgment of these victims of a tragedy. It’s so easy to boast how you’d be Mr. Big Shot Superhero but nobody’s buying it dude
@@lsmith88baby2 You do not understand the situation. There was very little room in front of the door. Only enough room for two or three rescuer volunteers. Many people were assisted through the windows to the left of the main door. A LOT of those people survived and witnessed horrific injuries. Many of those people are so badly traumatised by the experience they have never been able to talk about it. What happened in the main entrance was a crush and collapse of people on top of each other, up to four or five deep and crammed tight along the hallway. Most of the people in this crush could not move and could not be pulled out in the few minutes before the black smoke ignited and forced people back. It took HOURS to pull the bodies out, they were jammed tight. A few survived, but most either suffocated or burnt to death.
@@lsmith88baby2 You can't simply help them up. I used to work retail and we would have this issue on black Friday. You fix it from the back which would be impossible in this instance, the only thing they could do is pull people out which they were already doing.
man,as a drummer and fan of 80s rock and metal my heart goes out to all that has lost someone on that terrible night.....its 2019 and i hope people are getting by but never forget the ones that paid their admission with their lives...RIP
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
I commend everyone that tried to get others out. The heavy set guy at the entrance takes off his leather jacket and uses as something for others to grab onto as he tries to pull them out. Time stamp@ 1.53. It took many times for me to watch this to see exactly what he was doing. At first I thought he was so intoxicated that he had to grab the railing to keep from falling down, but I think he was using it to keep himself from being pulled in. This guy, along with many others deserves a medal.
Even today, Aug 5, 2022, I can't get those people stuck in the doorway out of my mind. What a horrible way to die. I only hope the smoke got to them first.😥🙏
God almighty, so, so sad. That brought tears to my eyes, that shot of the wood plaque at 5:55. Seeing that little stuffed animal there really got to me man. So unbelievably sad, this tragedy. Like this man said.. if they had sprinklers, there may have been no deaths.
That bouncer needs to be found. He stopped a lot of people from escaping. He needs to come to justice.... people were trying to escape and he blocked them saying this door is for the band only
Just a warning, do NOT watch the uncut video. It is horrific, you can hear people burning to death. It's one of the most terrible videos I've watched. Honestly it gave me nightmares, no joke.
I have been to hundreds of bars, clubs and dives to see concerts by big acts and cover bands alike throughout my life. To think that only 6 minutes meant life or death is just crazy. I have been in overcrowded clubs and bars many times where just getting to the bar for a beer was impossible, I can't even imagine trying to escape a raging fire even sober. Forget about doing it drunk or tipsy.
I absolutely agree with you and I don’t understand why some people, not all, but why some people are coming at the cameraman? He held up a Samsung phone 8 and started to make his way towards the door when he realized what was going on. He didn’t prevent anybody from getting out at all. He realized what was going on and thankfully for him, he caught everything on video to show the police and the fireman. He even ran around the whole club and at one point he found an open door and screamed inside if there was anybody in there. You can actually hear a very faint voice say help. But the fire was just so intense that there was no way he could have gone in there. He was also in the parking lot talking to people and sounding extremely upset at what was going on inside. Get off the cameraman‘s back please. This happened way before people started whipping out their phones like with the iPhone these days and filming things going on in front of them and not doing anything about it. There was nothing he could do. Layoff him please. You didn’t see him filming this for “views” like people do these days..
It was this very event that made me then look immediately for exit signs in buildings. To this day, it had such an impact on me, being a musician myself, that I continue to be aware of exits in ALL buildings. It’s just sad it took an event like this to enforce sprinklers and make people aware of exits. There lives were not in vein if 1 life is saved because of provisions set forth for public safety. God rest their souls...
Just for anyone wanting to watch the full video of the fire, midway through there is a part where the entire building engulfs and multiple women are screaming bloody murder from inside. It's one of the most haunting videos I have ever seen, and it all happened so fast...
Someone that was there said its actually the survivors OUTSIDE that were freaking out screaming. If you were in the fire, you would be passed out most likely and also unable to scream that loud from the burns in lungs etc.
i remember this nightmare very well. I was just operated on two days earlier and saw it on the news. God bless all of you who were lucky enough to make it out alive. Rest in peace those who didn't.
One of the guys in my Volunteer Station out on Long Island was also FDNY. One day he came in looking like we had never seen him before. Turned out he had been the first Firefighter in the door at Happy Land Disco fire. He and his partner were on search. They had crawled halfway across the dance floor searching for people when they found an arm sticking up out of the floor. They followed it down and realized it wasn't the floor. The entire floor was covered with densely packed bodies. Even crawling across them they couldn't recognize it. That fire did a job on him. Same deal as this one. No sprinklers. No real thought to exits.
After all the concerts, all the crowded night clubs that I used to frequently go to in the 70s 80s early 90s I came to grips with the realization big crowds were not my thing, I haven't been a part of that for many many years,. Seeing this reinforces those choices, RIP to the one's who lost their lives ☮️☮️♥️☑️
Me, too.... I had been to that club years prior to the fire and I had an eerie feeling about the place... I just 'knew' something horrific was going to happen there someday.. I'll never forget that feeling.... everyone in Rhode Island remembers that night very well.... very very sad!
How terrible. My aunt had plans to meet a group of her friends at The Coconut Grove in Boston, but had to cancel at the last minute. Her friends all perished.
Dude! I live in Chattanooga....I’m truly sorry for what you went through....it’s horrific. I appreciate what you have done for our excellent town down in TN. I’m glad Chattanooga made changes in the city ordinances prior to waiting on something horrible to happen. That you Robert,
I can't imagine. You think maybe you would know what to do. but what if you lost your gf in there? Would you be able to leave without her? So many things running through your mind. So sad.
So well said, Mr Feeney. Thank you for your service in memory of those who died at the Station. May your witness change laws all across our country and the world. God Bless you. Barbara J
I’m a fire/ life safety inspector, business owners always argue why they have to correct deficiencies, I’ll remind and reference this incident. May those persons who perished not in vain.
So this dude had to leave his wife on the floor in there ?? Oh my god , the station fire was more horrid for me to watch on television than September 11 2001 and the jumpers. It cut into live television briefly in boston. I'll never forget that footage.
I can't imagine what it's like to burn alive. These are unbearable brutal pains. Especially those that were trapped in the door and didn't die from the smoke. They were burnt alive. hell :(
I’ve been in the fire protection business for 15 and I’m a NICET level 4 in special hazards. He is absolutely right on sprinkler suppression being life safety. Many believe sprinklers are there to safeguard the structure, and sadly fire alarms are not regarded with the urgency they deserve, because of
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
First time I’m hearing about this and I’m just heartbroken and shaking with the video and the sad deaths. God be with all that were there and RIP to all that past.
time doesn't change anything all these years later and as horrific as the first moment it happened .............RIP TO ALL LOST and condolences to all family and friends
Holy Jesus Christ. I remember driving to work that morning. The morning DJ's, usually goofy and joking, kept cutting in as the death toll kept going up, sounding more and more serious. Absolutely devastating.
Mr. Feeney, I'm a resident of Chattanooga and am sorry I missed your presentation in 2011. In 2007, I had the chance to travel to RI and pay my respects at the site. Sir, I hope I get to meet you at the Memorial's dedication upon it's completion.
I can't even begin to imagine what it was like trying to pull people free and realising that there's nothing more you can do and having to retreat from the flames. This disaster is horrendous on so many levels.
Ever since this night club fire happened. I never ever went to a night club ever again in my life. I remember being in night clubs as a young man. How night clubs are set up back then were very weird. Very dark. Small entrance in either down to a basement under big building. What these people went through was pure hell. That was hell. I believe that is what hell is like. A small entry in. But no way to get out. An absolute shame. I would never want to go to hell. I pray for the survivors today.
RIP. Fire prevention was drilled into me by my dad... heck, in high school, I carried my assignments in a NFPA logo portfolio he got at a safety convention [Thanks, NFPA!] Exits, sprinklers, fire extinguishers, lighted exit signs. They seem like a chore to maintain until you need them. Then, they're the only thing you have. This event should never happen again because we should learn from them and make sure we don't repeat the same mistakes. God bless the survivors, and peace to those who did not make it out. 🙏
Another reason the fire spread so fast was the interior was basically a big wide open space. Usually, in house fires, there’s interior walls, multiple rooms and doors to slow fire progress a bit. But here, the fire can rapidly spread from one end to the other, unimpeded, and those front doors being open supplied plenty of oxygen.
Glad this dude survived.r.i.p. to those lost. Shame on those who are posting ill words on this comment thread.It's actually comforting to know that not many will give a shit when your kind goes.Go quickly.
That's terrifying,those screams were horrific.I can't believe how fast it burned down.I worked at Home Depot once and they told us that if a fire started in the store that it would take less than 5 minutes to burn down due to the wood, chemicals and fertilizer and the employees were expected to run to the back of the store and usher customers to the front doors...thank christ that never happened.I never thought that could be accurate but after seeing this I don't think I could bring myself into going into a crowded place.
Actually, the tour manager, Dan Biechle, would call in advance to each venue and ask management if they could use their pyro. Some venues said "yes," some said "no." If the management said "No," Biechle did not use them. A similar club in Evansville, Indiana, refused to allow the pyro a couple of weeks prior. Biechle was not a liscensed pyro technician, hence no fire extinguishers on hand, which would have easily put out the flames.
cznola it’s basically a dive bar... I’m sure it was painful for the member of Great White to be tried, but they should have tried everyone who had a hand in that happening, esp since he didn’t do it himself. No one intended this, but man, if I owned a bar, the last thing I’d want is pyrotechnics, even if I owned the Ryman. Was there not a reserve to pay just to do pyro? Papers to sign?
Wow, they were selling the building the next day!? I did not know that all of these years until now. My thoughts with the victims and their families always.
Agreed...Pyrotechnics are fine for outdoor and large stadium venues, but not for indoor applications, especially those with confined space, such clubs like The Station, The Lame Horse (Russia), or Kiss (Brazil)...The use of strobes, ambient diodes, or sealed laser effects more than likely would've made all the difference...
i have been to countless venues, and never ever, did some one talk about the escape routes.... you see some of the exits signs. but no one ever explaining
This occurred before everyone carried a cell phone with video capacity. He should have mentioned the cyanide smoke from the foam insulation on the walls!
As 11th anniversary approaches this week, we take a look at a survivor from The Station Nightclub Fire as he gives a harrowing account of his escape: ow.ly/tPhRk
My thoughts.... we did NOT learn our lessons from such events such as the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire. I am sure there are some major differences however....
We’re almost 20th guys
17th...
did the owners have insurance for the station nightclub if so i find it funny watching this video and hearing this guy talk about a whole in the wall where a atm machine used to be and him saying there where going to sale the nightclub could the owners planned that fire to happen by taling great white that they can use pyrotechnics just a thought that got into my head while i was listening to this guy speak hes a true hero and i agree all buildings should have sprinker systems
That's me tripping over the tour manager as he's trying to uncoil a fire hose. My dad is right behind me pointing his finger at me. That was right after they pulled me away from trying to pull people out. I got two out. A man and then a woman. I never went back till this year 2017. 14 years. When I see myself in this video. I think back. I was only 29 yrs at the time. I had just started my own construction company. Over the next five years. I spiraled out of control with drinking and drugs. Lost my business and my mind. Tried to kill my self. Hospitalized. I just wasn't equipped to deal with this. It's taken a long long time to come to terms with it. God bless all of us. Keep stepping and stay strong
TImothy, I'm so sorry that you experienced such a terrible tragedy and the problems it created for you. Trauma is hard to grasp, it's very normal for it to takes years, even decades, to get to a point where you can live a more normal life. Keep fighting the good fight, you may feel alone, but you're not. Take care of yourself. Best to you always.
Oh God, you're "Timmy, c'mere." I'm so sorry you were a part of this, but so grateful you were able to pull out those you did. Trauma affects everyone differently and I'm sorry your journey has been so difficult. I hope you and your family are doing better now. I'm in recovery myself. Best to you. Keep on the good path.
I'm so sorry for what you went through. I hope you've found some kind of happiness now.
Your honest account of the tragedy is admirable. No courses or any education can prepare one for how to deal with tragedy. I wasn't there, but watched from uploaded videos on this site. I went thru a horrible car accident suffering severe injury I became mad at the medical field for not warning the public about how to feel afterwards. Did much research and found children are taught to stop, drop and roll and stay to the ground because that's where the oxygen is, but not to many adults remember this in time of need. Human beings don't want to listen to warnings such as don't drink and drive, or choosing to smoke when pregnant because we think we can handle it and nothing bad is going to happen. Safety above everything else must come first in a person's life. I see myself in so many of the folks at the station that night because I used to be just like them. Also, admire folks that act in time of need as in New York on 911 and here. Everyone that participated in saving someone or trying to save someone but didn't shouldn't feel bad. Talking to a therapist instead of choosing to numb yourself with drugs and alcohol was the path I chose and it has taken many years to understand and accept I'm not the same person anymore. I live my life so differently now and yes safety is number one wherever I go. I'm glad you came to terms with what happened and how it has impacted you. You are a great person, a role model to the rest of us in time of need.
Spoke about my mom and how the trauma she suffered affected the rest of the family. I miss the mom she used to be. She's different now and I don't like who she is and she doesn't like who she is either. She suffers from PTSD, and has high levels of anxiety anytime she is out and about around other drivers on the road. Therapy has helped a whole lot better than drugs and alcohol because of the damaging effects it causes on the body. One day she'd like to visit the memorial site where the Station club was on her terms with driving it's not a straight shot to get there and can take her as long as it takes to get there considering the northeast has lots of traffic and cars on the road! From one trauma story to another she intends to see it thru to make it one day.
This man is incredibly lucky to have spent about a minute in this building lying on the floor and to have still survived.
There was a guy in there for an hour the building had burnt all around him he was saved buy all the body's on top of him he kept calm lay on his side and prayed to his dead dad he was near the front and the fire men came in and said there all dead and statred lifting the dead out and he grabbed his show and he got a fright then realised he was alive held his hand never let go as they lifted more he sat up and felt someone behind him and it was a victim all burned head to two but alive he felt so guilty that this people burned and he wasent touched just a few burns on his leg what a teagiday
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
My friend lost his fiance in the fire. He never got over losing her. He committed suicide less than a couple years later. He took a boat to the middle of a pond, tied himself to a big rock, and threw the rock and himself overboard.
I know who you're talking about :( Very sorry to hear it. There were many more than 100 deaths because of this.
My dad was a firefighter.
He's why no matter where I go, I look for fire exits and make note of all fire hazards
Thank tou Jesus!
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
Talk about survival guilt. To make it out without you're wife. He was one of the last ones out tho.
His fiance, Donna Mitchell, died in the fire. That's her memorial he's looking at at about 5:40-5:47 in the video.
@@auntiegliz737 ..that foto of that girl though is not her
The portrait in the wide shot is of Dina DiMaio. A tight up shot of Donna Mitchell's cross follows.
Scrumptious Urinal Cakes tf
Sydney: I know. This thread is not the place for that sort of comment. Cakes should be ashamed of him/her/self. We got victim's parents and other kin coming on here, and he's bringing up stuff that should be on Phil's show! smdh...
on a night that I was outside smoking a cigarette. I would have never thought I would be a lucky survivor of this nightmare I live every day the screams still in my head
Ezio Pichierri ahh bro, I'm so sorry the station fire was a fucking nightmare. So sad and haunting.
Yeah you need to talk to a doctor man all of those souls latched onto yours man, you have to release them all.
god protect and bless you.
Ezio Pichierri my prayers will always be with you bro
Why were you smoking outside?
It's literally torturous to think about this...I mean the speed of the fire was just too fast. I watched the 6 1/2 minute video assuming it would only show how the fire started, NEVER thinking in a 6 min video the ENTIRE club would be in flames and everyone dead. Ever since I watched, it's been kinda haunting me. Weeks have gone by and I still hear screams vividly from the video (cant even believe its on CZcams to be honest).
I just find it scary knowing I've been in MANY extremely claustrophobic nightclubs, some that had LOOOOOONG hallways to the Exit. narrow, old hallways. Clubs that look like they shouldn't even be legal for business because of the safety hazards...then I saw the video and thought of how unbelievably scary the situation would be. Even in the video, as the cameraguy exits the club, you can TELL people start to look panicked....but they're so close to the Exit that they probably feel relieved that they are right around the corner, and it's a fire behind them....not realizing the smoke would cause so many people to collapse, and then cause a pile of bodies to be stacked....only THEN for the panic to truly kick in and realize "this is really bad now"....and with THICK dark toxic smoke, all that heat, and fire raging....that is a complete nightmare.
It's depressing to realize that I'm watching this in 2016 safe at my desk....but that was the last moments of 100 people's lives. That moment of panic and terror...that was the last moments of their lives and it is completely unfair. YET the club owner who REPORTED on Flamable Foam in beds....and WANTED a video about "club safety" that night got ZERO jail time, his brother only got like 2 years, and the TOUR MANAGER who was a fucking idiot and sparked it (without any fire extinguishers ready just in case) got like 2 years as well...out of a 4 yr sentence. So basically he just killed 100 people, was found guilty....and barely stepped foot in jail.
MEANWHILE....people with 3rd strikes on MARIJUANA are getting LIFE SENTENCES....even if their 3rd Strike was just simply smoking a joint.
That's right folks.....smoke a joint, go to jail for life......kill 100 people...go for a year or so.
they don`t need a sentence by court. can you emagine the guilt of having that on your responseability. compared to what they have done i think the punishment of knowng you where responsebly is more then 1000 years in jail.
As you say Mark, the exits were so close and yet they still couldn't get everyone out. Terrible. I also remember going into claustraphobic clubs and some where the exits were hidden by a partition or down a hall and hard to find because the vendors didn't want you to leave. To go from having a good time with your friends to a scene of absolute terror in an instant must be eternally traumatising. Much respect to Robert Feeney for spreading awareness and hopefully preventing yet another similar incident.
Yeah, I don't really get the point of jailing someone, because of this. The guy wasn't a psychopath. He has to live with the guilt all his life. Imprisoning people like that doesn't solve anything. It's not going to bring those people back.
I feel the same way after watching the video
You are so damn right! I still think the owners of the club had already gotten the money for the club because it was supposed to be sold the very next day from what I hear so they said fuck it use pyro what do we care anymore? Plus the owners had previously told another band they could use flamethrowers but do it toward the middle of the stage. So they knew that foam was flammable as hell. Plus with it being spraypainted black it only added to the toxicity of the smoke and helped spread the flames faster.
I haven't been to a crowded club since I heard about this fire. It scares me to death. Anytime I'm in a public place, I always scope out the exits just in case.
It’s a competently built building then there will visible red EXIT signs exactly so you can do this.
You and me both
Hahaha bro I’ve been to Travis Scott concerts
I was at the Alrosa Villa the night Dime (as well as a few others) was murdered. It wasn’t as devastating of an event in terms of lives lost, but being packed inside a place like that, even when it wasn’t filled to capacity, when pandemonium strikes takes the life out of you. Plus, I watched my hero get murdered, and I can never unsee that. I’ll never go to another small venue again.
@@ilovealiceinchains871 how tragic u said that
This should be required watching for everyone who is thinking about running a nightclub or restaurant. Thanks for posting.
It should be required viewing for everybody. Most people don't have a clue how quickly fire can start and spread.
Yes it should. I work in a major tourist location. This plays in my head day in day out...
And shows to the customers how panic can lead to more deaths
Exactly. It’s ironic because I was always into fire safety as a kid (I still think it’s one of the most important things and will always think that), but now I’m a designer and I’m thinking about owning/running such an establishment.
Dang i remember 2013 same thing happen in Brazil killing over 200 ppl. So sad.
Before u buy that brewskie and sit down for a good time, walk around the club and find all the exits and see if they will open to the outside. It only takes a few minutes to be safe. Always have an escape plan ready in the back of ur mind for u and ur friends then u can react fast to danger while others are still wondering waz up.
And stay on the outside of the crowd and near an exit. If you think there is any type of danger, leave.
aintno littlegirl
Until a terrorist comes from the backdoor and shoots everbody escaping first
@@_KT5 I'll be at the side door. You know, the ones you can't open from the outside.
I also carry a Mini Maglite flashlight, spare batteries.
@@aintnolittlegirl9322 How can everyone "stay on the outside of the crowd"? There will be no more crowd to stay outside of. It's a kind of contradictory advice.
Imagine being in the restroom and not even know what's going on until it's too late. This has been haunting me ever since. It could have easily been me because I went to these kind of shows all the time. I was not there but feel horrible for these people and the true terror of it all. It was criminal that this happened at all, never should have happened.
2 females were found in the bathroom Katherine O'Donnell and Bridget Sanetti. Bridget made a 911 call from the bathroom. Bridget and Katie were there with Bridget's uncle's towards the end of the camera mans video her uncle said "Bridget just burned to death the whole fucking place is on fire."
There was I believe 2 bodies in the woman's bathroom and 1 in the men's bathroom I might be wrong on the numbers but they never had a chance too escape really sad
There was one person who died in the men's bathroom I don't know if anyone knows who it was I think there was 2 or 3 people who died in the office I am guessing Dina was one of them since she got out of the building and went back for something I was thinking a birthday gift maybe since it was her birthday
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
Now almost 17 years. Will never forget.
Seeing your wife laying there and not having strength to move her - mind fucked and done
Its a great thing that the land owner donated the land to have a permanent memorial put in. I bet it'll be beautiful.
Might have given them more time to escape and held the smoke back.
NIST actually ran test using the same materials found at the Station fire. Finding that a sprinkler system that was even just meant to contain a small residential fire would have been able to stop the flashover of the Alcove and hold the Fire back long enough for everyone to evacuate and the Fire Rescue teams to arrive. Without sprinklers the FOAM went unchecked and the drummers Alcove flashed over, Causing a decent of the smoke ceiling that descended in less than 30 seconds.
@NSVP Haaglanden Bullshit. A sprinkler system would have saved most, if not every single person in that place that night, and could have even completely extinguished the fire. Instead, there was literally nothing to stop something like this from happening. Not even a fucking fire extinguisher.
@Reg. Oper. Team That is what I was thinking. My cousin's business had sprinkler system in place but it still burnt to the ground. Thankfully it was at night when no one was there. I guess the flames just overpowered everything.
Yep that NIST recreation video is on CZcams and pretty impressive too.
This building was inspected several times by the chief fire marshall and deemed safe, even though the flammable material used to sound proof the ceiling and walls was not up to code. Also the fire marshal increased the allowable capacity of people to be inside. He was never charged for his part in the fire, despite it being his sole job to keep people safe. One thing the owners should have known and accounted for was adequate escape routes. You can't pack that many people in an enclosed situation and not have a proper way of getting them out quickly but then again the fire marshall said everything is fine.
Politics.
Who wants to bet the Fire Marshall was paid off to look the other way?
It is a common story all around the world. The problem is you cannot pay people to give a shit. What you really need is to recruit fire inspectors from people who have personal experience with fire tragedy.
Not necessarily victims, but people with a track record of caring for or supporting victims of any form of hardship: good samaritans, rescue workers, volunteers political activists and whistle blowers. People who have already gone above and beyond for other people.
@@wiretamer5710 He was an acting fire captain at the time of this fire. If firefighters can't be expected to understand the danger of violating fire codes, then who can? Let's say that this tragedy did not happen and instead the station had a kitchen fire on a normal non packed night. Everyone gets out, but firefighters have to go in. He's got to know that putting fellow firefighters into a situation like that, with highly flammable foam on the walls waiting to erupt is a recipe for disaster. Fire codes and storage requirements for chemicals and other materials that can exacerbate fire don't exist solely for the benefit of the general public (though that is their main concern). Big parts of one Massachusetts town burned to the ground in two conflagrations and put everyone, including people trying to battle the fires in extreme danger, before they decided it was not a good idea to allow tinder boxes filled to the brim with tons of highly flammable materials to be unregulated and stored haphazardly. Everyone in the fire services knows the danger and risks.
The problem is turning a blind eye to corruption and wanton greed. Can I prove without a shadow of a doubt that it was down to corruption and greed and not mere laziness and stupidity? No of course not, and since his immunity disqualified him from any serious investigation, it is impossible to know, but if it walks like a duck and looks like a duck, it's probably a duck.
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
That building looks like it was built with oilsoaked log beams .That fire was humming.
It was, it was set to blaze. Insanity. And the people responsible paid NO price.
Its important for your own safety that you not think about the construction of the building, and concentrate on the contents of the building. All modern buildings are full of plastic, which is solid petrol.
The best you can do with building design is maximise the chances for people to escape a fire alive. Nothing more.
The polyurethane foam was superheated.
As someone who lives in RI, and had been a musician and club goer locally for years, this story is a reminder of how many clubs and bars in the area were and are death traps.
I have no words, and though I wasnt at the Station that night, I will never forget what happened and the innocent people who were killed while simply out to enjoy a night of music and friends.
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
Pam was such an amazingly friendly, caring, all around cool and fun person to be around. Very sorely missed
The Station was a horrible tragedy. We had something similar here in Dublin in 1981, the Stardust disaster.
It was horrendous in Dublin. But at least people went to prison in the US. Families of the stardust victims are still fighting for justice. The butterly family actually got compensation from the council for loss of the building !!!!! They had padlocked the emergency exits ffs !!!!! The human pile up happened because the door opened in and not out. Horrific. I remember it well.
I was in Matt the thresher oub in Kilkenny and saw the emergency exits were padlocked and said it to the bouncer who basically sneered at me ...I was horrified.the place was packed !!!! With drunk people ... I reported it to the fire authorities who visited them but nobody was charged .....it can happen again very easily....... There should be an emergency number you can call to report these violations and the places shut down that evening
DarrenBonJovi my dad told me he had nightmares of that night when he saw it on the news. It was before I was born, he’d have only been about 25 himself at the time and he said the night he saw the news article he had nightmares.
Scares me knowing that my cousins were going to go but their car broke down!
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3:37
A man on fire walks out out the club...holy mother of god.
AlexDoes Videos I don’t think it’s someone from in the building, I think it’s one of the people who was trying to pull people out of the door way cause seconds before that, flames just shoot out of everywhere and then you see him. It’s crazy
Gold eye
dude holy crap hes brave
Thank you, I havent seen anyone else talk about that guy on fire but me. Fucking crazy
@@RealWunderBanana the video here cut off, but if you watch it for 5 seconds longer, you can see the guy was on fire
So scary how quickly that building went up in flames, I think I read it took only 9 minutes to be completely on fire.
If you were in the concert room, you had 180 seconds to get out before the flashover. Which occurs just after the woman cries 'Where's my husband?'
If you were in the main bar room you had a two and half minutes.
If you were in the toilets or the back room, you had no chance.
If you were in the kitchen you survived.
@@wiretamer5710 How many people survived in the kitchen?
Can you even imagine the strength it takes to talk about such a traumatic experience? Bless every single person involved in this. Bless this guy for telling us his story. Did they put in a proper memorial there yet? Last I read, they were working on plans and trying to get funding for it. Any updates?
Yes, I believe there is a memorial at the site now.
I agree 100% The club owners should have been held accountable for this very Sad tradgic loss of over 100 lives. If only they would have had sprinkler systems most all would have been saved. My heart goes out to ALL who lost their loved ones during this tragic event.
Both club owners were sentenced to 15 years.
@M Detlef would you chill out and quit spazzing like a dang maniac? Calling someone a liar, have you thought that this person didn't get the update information you stupid moron???
@@heathermcgill4898 but, it's a lie. The owners didnt suffer at all. I understand the frustration. Read the book on it, the owners are coward p.o.s.
That's a crucial piece of information he gave...they were selling the building the next day...so they probably felt they had nothing to lose in doing the pyrotechnics. What a shame...all those lives lost.
The idea of grandfathering in an old building is crazy - a safety code on something as crucial as sprinklers should not be allowed to be bypassed.
This tragedy could have easily been avoided if only a few brave men or woman could have worked together to pull those piled up at the front door to safety. Instead the cowards ran for their own selfish lives while others were trampled and burned to death. Those mindless selfish survivors have many souls on their shoulders....but they happily took lawsuit settlement money. You know who you are. Shame on you.
@@lsmith88baby2 You have no right to condemn people because you have no idea how you would react in the same situation. You might think you'd be brave and help people, but you'd probably run. Self-preservation is a very strong instinct.
Lawson Smith No, shame on you, for your arrogant, ignorant judgment of these victims of a tragedy. It’s so easy to boast how you’d be Mr. Big Shot Superhero but nobody’s buying it dude
@@lsmith88baby2 You do not understand the situation. There was very little room in front of the door. Only enough room for two or three rescuer volunteers.
Many people were assisted through the windows to the left of the main door. A LOT of those people survived and witnessed horrific injuries. Many of those people are so badly traumatised by the experience they have never been able to talk about it.
What happened in the main entrance was a crush and collapse of people on top of each other, up to four or five deep and crammed tight along the hallway. Most of the people in this crush could not move and could not be pulled out in the few minutes before the black smoke ignited and forced people back.
It took HOURS to pull the bodies out, they were jammed tight. A few survived, but most either suffocated or burnt to death.
@@lsmith88baby2 You can't simply help them up. I used to work retail and we would have this issue on black Friday. You fix it from the back which would be impossible in this instance, the only thing they could do is pull people out which they were already doing.
At 3:36 - 3:40 you can see someone completely engulfed in flames stumbling out of the fire :-(
3:36-3:40
man,as a drummer and fan of 80s rock and metal my heart goes out to all that has lost someone on that terrible night.....its 2019 and i hope people are getting by but never forget the ones that paid their admission with their lives...RIP
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
I commend everyone that tried to get others out. The heavy set guy at the entrance takes off his leather jacket and uses as something for others to grab onto as he tries to pull them out. Time stamp@ 1.53. It took many times for me to watch this to see exactly what he was doing. At first I thought he was so intoxicated that he had to grab the railing to keep from falling down, but I think he was using it to keep himself from being pulled in. This guy, along with many others deserves a medal.
You my friend (Rob) are a hero!!! Wish there were more like you Sir!
This man is truly remarkable..God bless him and everyone who lost loved ones..❤
Ty for the vid. This fire made me become aware of exits in all buildings. I even have fire alarms in my home bc of this fire.
Still hard to believe after al these years. Just so tragic. R.I.P to all of those who perished.
Even today, Aug 5, 2022, I can't get those people stuck in the doorway out of my mind. What a horrible way to die. I only hope the smoke got to them first.😥🙏
God almighty, so, so sad.
That brought tears to my eyes, that shot of the wood plaque at 5:55. Seeing that little stuffed animal there really got to me man. So unbelievably sad, this tragedy. Like this man said.. if they had sprinklers, there may have been no deaths.
I remembered watching this video when I was in the fire academy in 2007.
That bouncer needs to be found. He stopped a lot of people from escaping. He needs to come to justice.... people were trying to escape and he blocked them saying this door is for the band only
I read recently that he died in 2008 from cancer.
@@aintnolittlegirl9322 Hate to say it but karma always finds a way....
Just a warning, do NOT watch the uncut video. It is horrific, you can hear people burning to death. It's one of the most terrible videos I've watched. Honestly it gave me nightmares, no joke.
I made the same mistake... worst nights sleep ever. Many survivors suffered PTSD as a result of witnessing this horrifying event.
Tom Hill I've watched some pretty messed up things but nothing affected me like that video. I had nightmares about it for days!!
I regret not taking your advice on that
Korey Johnson I'm sorry :(
+Beth G. Oh man, the nightmares are bad.
I have been to hundreds of bars, clubs and dives to see concerts by big acts and cover bands alike throughout my life. To think that only 6 minutes meant life or death is just crazy. I have been in overcrowded clubs and bars many times where just getting to the bar for a beer was impossible, I can't even imagine trying to escape a raging fire even sober. Forget about doing it drunk or tipsy.
I absolutely agree with you and I don’t understand why some people, not all, but why some people are coming at the cameraman?
He held up a Samsung phone 8 and started to make his way towards the door when he realized what was going on. He didn’t prevent anybody from getting out at all.
He realized what was going on and thankfully for him, he caught everything on video to show the police and the fireman.
He even ran around the whole club and at one point he found an open door and screamed inside if there was anybody in there. You can actually hear a very faint voice say help.
But the fire was just so intense that there was no way he could have gone in there.
He was also in the parking lot talking to people and sounding extremely upset at what was going on inside.
Get off the cameraman‘s back please. This happened way before people started whipping out their phones like with the iPhone these days and filming things going on in front of them and not doing anything about it.
There was nothing he could do. Layoff him please. You didn’t see him filming this for “views” like people do these days..
It was this very event that made me then look immediately for exit signs in buildings. To this day, it had such an impact on me, being a musician myself, that I continue to be aware of exits in ALL buildings. It’s just sad it took an event like this to enforce sprinklers and make people aware of exits. There lives were not in vein if 1 life is saved because of provisions set forth for public safety. God rest their souls...
Just for anyone wanting to watch the full video of the fire, midway through there is a part where the entire building engulfs and multiple women are screaming bloody murder from inside. It's one of the most haunting videos I have ever seen, and it all happened so fast...
Can you tell me at which time in the video exactly?
Someone that was there said its actually the survivors OUTSIDE that were freaking out screaming. If you were in the fire, you would be passed out most likely and also unable to scream that loud from the burns in lungs etc.
Good that he finally came out into the light of the whole nightmare.
i remember this nightmare very well. I was just operated on two days earlier and saw it on the news. God bless all of you who were lucky enough to make it out alive. Rest in peace those who didn't.
One of the guys in my Volunteer Station out on Long Island was also FDNY. One day he came in looking like we had never seen him before. Turned out he had been the first Firefighter in the door at Happy Land Disco fire. He and his partner were on search. They had crawled halfway across the dance floor searching for people when they found an arm sticking up out of the floor. They followed it down and realized it wasn't the floor. The entire floor was covered with densely packed bodies. Even crawling across them they couldn't recognize it. That fire did a job on him. Same deal as this one. No sprinklers. No real thought to exits.
Good God. I can't imagine what that does to someone. The NYTimes just ran a piece on that fire.
After all the concerts, all the crowded night clubs that I used to frequently go to in the 70s 80s early 90s I came to grips with the realization big crowds were not my thing, I haven't been a part of that for many many years,.
Seeing this reinforces those choices,
RIP to the one's who lost their lives ☮️☮️♥️☑️
Me, too.... I had been to that club years prior to the fire and I had an eerie feeling about the place... I just 'knew' something horrific was going to happen there someday.. I'll never forget that feeling.... everyone in Rhode Island remembers that night very well.... very very sad!
Intuition & common sense! In '87-had an eerie feeling at the top of the N.Tower in NY. (how will u be rescued if there's a fire?)
@@swimlaps1 I think some grounds are just unholy.
How terrible. My aunt had plans to meet a group of her friends at The Coconut Grove in Boston, but had to cancel at the last minute. Her friends all perished.
Dude! I live in Chattanooga....I’m truly sorry for what you went through....it’s horrific. I appreciate what you have done for our excellent town down in TN. I’m glad Chattanooga made changes in the city ordinances prior to waiting on something horrible to happen.
That you Robert,
I can't imagine. You think maybe you would know what to do. but what if you lost your gf in there? Would you be able to leave without her? So many things running through your mind. So sad.
So well said, Mr Feeney. Thank you for your service in memory of those who died at the Station. May your witness change laws all across our country and the world.
God Bless you. Barbara J
I’m a fire/ life safety inspector, business owners always argue why they have to correct deficiencies, I’ll remind and reference this incident. May those persons who perished not in vain.
The guy at 3:39 getting out of the building is on fire... holy shit, idek how he made it out while being on fire :(
I saw that immediately, l couldn't believe it. I doubt he made it.
So this dude had to leave his wife on the floor in there ?? Oh my god , the station fire was more horrid for me to watch on television than September 11 2001 and the jumpers. It cut into live television briefly in boston. I'll never forget that footage.
September 11 2001 was an inside job.. Bomb explosion by the us goverment
@@waltergutierrez464.. wrong ahole
@@mikee7021 he's not wrong. Most people just dont wanna admit they live in the land of the slaves and home of the blind.
I agree, this event haunts me more than any other horror I’ve seen.
@@mikee7021 ignorant noob
I can't imagine what it's like to burn alive. These are unbearable brutal pains. Especially those that were trapped in the door and didn't die from the smoke. They were burnt alive. hell :(
Larissa Neu2019 It would suck to be burned alive at the stake, too, like they did to people a couple hundred years ago.
Thank you, Robert!
Such an incredible tragedy. Rest In Peace to all the victims. And hopefully some peace to the families.
10 years and this still brings me to tears.
I’ve been in the fire protection business for 15 and I’m a NICET level 4 in special hazards. He is absolutely right on sprinkler suppression being life safety. Many believe sprinklers are there to safeguard the structure, and sadly fire alarms are not regarded with the urgency they deserve, because of
From the moment they saw the stage on fire = should've gotten the fuck out. Mr. Fuckboy here literally kept filming and barely making his way out. The lack of common sense from all these white heads is truly astounding. Fuck me
Whenever I was a sprinkler designer I was shown this video by my trainer and it hit me why fire suppression systems are vital
First time I’m hearing about this and I’m just heartbroken and shaking with the video and the sad deaths. God be with all that were there and RIP to all that past.
time doesn't change anything all these years later and as horrific as the first moment it happened .............RIP TO ALL LOST and condolences to all family and friends
Holy Jesus Christ. I remember driving to work that morning. The morning DJ's, usually goofy and joking, kept cutting in as the death toll kept going up, sounding more and more serious. Absolutely devastating.
How horrible when you young you don't think about safety you're young and invincible, rip to all involved
Mr. Feeney, I'm a resident of Chattanooga and am sorry I missed your presentation in 2011. In 2007, I had the chance to travel to RI and pay my respects at the site. Sir, I hope I get to meet you at the Memorial's dedication upon it's completion.
Glad you survived, good luck to you and yes sprinkled safety!
God Bless you, Mr. Feeney.
I can't even begin to imagine what it was like trying to pull people free and realising that there's nothing more you can do and having to retreat from the flames. This disaster is horrendous on so many levels.
RIP all those that perished in this terrible accident...
Ever since this night club fire happened. I never ever went to a night club ever again in my life. I remember being in night clubs as a young man. How night clubs are set up back then were very weird. Very dark. Small entrance in either down to a basement under big building. What these people went through was pure hell. That was hell. I believe that is what hell is like. A small entry in. But no way to get out. An absolute shame. I would never want to go to hell. I pray for the survivors today.
So is this guy the one who is on fire by the railing at 3:39? I've always wondered if he survived but I'm glad to know at least he made it
Laser Mayonnaiser I don’t think he made it
Deja Voodoo the narrator is the guy in the fire.
@@pierceh11 proof?
@@Elden_one No need for proof, the narrator said someone pulled him out.
heart breaking
i get ptsd just from watching this. can’t imagine having been there. never a good night’s sleep again, i bet.
R.I.P. to all the souls... I can't believe it's been 10 years. It was shocking to see that video clip.
RIP. Fire prevention was drilled into me by my dad... heck, in high school, I carried my assignments in a NFPA logo portfolio he got at a safety convention [Thanks, NFPA!] Exits, sprinklers, fire extinguishers, lighted exit signs. They seem like a chore to maintain until you need them. Then, they're the only thing you have. This event should never happen again because we should learn from them and make sure we don't repeat the same mistakes. God bless the survivors, and peace to those who did not make it out. 🙏
I can'y imagine what it would be like being stuck in teh door way trying to get away from the fire. That must have been the stuff of nightmares.
This might sound like an understatement but pyrotechnics are overrated and massive overkill for live entertainment to begin with.
Another reason the fire spread so fast was the interior was basically a big wide open space. Usually, in house fires, there’s interior walls, multiple rooms and doors to slow fire progress a bit. But here, the fire can rapidly spread from one end to the other, unimpeded, and those front doors being open supplied plenty of oxygen.
If many rooms you can easily be trapped by walls and fire walls.
This whole thing is probably the most terrifying thing I've ever seen.
Glad this dude survived.r.i.p. to those lost.
Shame on those who are posting ill words on this comment thread.It's actually comforting to know that not many will give a shit when your kind goes.Go quickly.
Wow what a tragedy. God bless every one involved
This always haunts me....rip to a that perished. 🌷
You can never imagine a fire could be this fast.
That's terrifying,those screams were horrific.I can't believe how fast it burned down.I worked at Home Depot once and they told us that if a fire started in the store that it would take less than 5 minutes to burn down due to the wood, chemicals and fertilizer and the employees were expected to run to the back of the store and usher customers to the front doors...thank christ that never happened.I never thought that could be accurate but after seeing this I don't think I could bring myself into going into a crowded place.
Condolences to all. Horrifying, and very sad.
So sadd God bless all victims souls!!!
My god. I'm in tears.
Actually, the tour manager, Dan Biechle, would call in advance to each venue and ask management if they could use their pyro. Some venues said "yes," some said "no." If the management said "No," Biechle did not use them. A similar club in Evansville, Indiana, refused to allow the pyro a couple of weeks prior. Biechle was not a liscensed pyro technician, hence no fire extinguishers on hand, which would have easily put out the flames.
cznola it’s basically a dive bar... I’m sure it was painful for the member of Great White to be tried, but they should have tried everyone who had a hand in that happening, esp since he didn’t do it himself. No one intended this, but man, if I owned a bar, the last thing I’d want is pyrotechnics, even if I owned the Ryman. Was there not a reserve to pay just to do pyro? Papers to sign?
This is just awful. RIP to all the lost souls. =( So incredibly sad.
I can’t believe he was in a coma for 12 days. 😢. Sometimes that is the only way the body can heal from massive physical trauma.
Crazy... 23 days later after this video was uploaded, the brazilian Boate Kiss would burn to ashes with 242 souls.... 23 DAYS LATER....
Absolutely terrible. RIP all those who perished.
Wow, they were selling the building the next day!? I did not know that all of these years until now. My thoughts with the victims and their families always.
JFK35 517 I’ve seen countless videos on this incident. This is the first I’ve heard of that too.
There were so many factors involved that night, but one important thing was that you don't use pyrotechnics indoors.
The owners were seling the building the next day.didn't know about that.
Erik Pederson I’ve seen so many videos about this incident, and this is the first I’ve heard of that, too.
If they had sold it a day earlier, in an alternate timeline, this maybe would have never happened.
i heard they wanted to pack as many people in as possible to make it look good for the sale which is why is was over crowded i read that somewhere
AMEN, God Bless You Sir
Agreed...Pyrotechnics are fine for outdoor and large stadium venues, but not for indoor applications, especially those with confined space, such clubs like The Station, The Lame Horse (Russia), or Kiss (Brazil)...The use of strobes, ambient diodes, or sealed laser effects more than likely would've made all the difference...
i have been to countless venues, and never ever, did some one talk about the escape routes.... you see some of the exits signs. but no one ever explaining
God bless everyone involved!!!!!
This occurred before everyone carried a cell phone with video capacity. He should have mentioned the cyanide smoke from the foam insulation on the walls!