I will never forget this tragedy and those affected by it. I went to the memorial site on my birthday in 2010 and stopped at every marker to say a prayer. I wanted to take some time out of my day to celebrate the birthdays they will never have again...may they all RIP!
I got choked up at Ty's son doing charity so people will remember his father. One of the things that scare me most would be to pass away before my daughter is old enough to remember me, since I love her more than I've loved anyone or anything, I'd want her to know me. All these poor children growing up without a parent or both parents just eats me up inside, as well as the ones who still struggle every day with physical and mental disabilities caused by the fire.
I remember exactly where i was when i heard about this fire. My father had just died and i was in a hotel room going home from emptying his home. We woke up in a hotel and watched the news and saw it. Being a woman that was a teen in the 80’s and having gone to these type of venues and “concerts”, it just shook me knowing i was the age of the ones that died and if this had been near me, i probably would have been there just still messes with my head. The video of that fire and everyone stacked on top of each other at that front door is something I will never forget. God bless all of them. God bless the emergency responders. They ALL have to have PTSD from this event.
I might've been there too, front row center if I was still living nearby. When I was younger, I used to push myself as close to the stage as possible. Now I know that if I were there & that close to the stage, I would've had a 25% chance of surviving. That's why now something like this reminds me of how precious life is. Don't be afraid to live your life & have lots of experiences, but remember that we never know when our last day will be.
I had a friend in High School that was severely burned when he was really young. He had over 50 surgeries by that point to restore skin and some muscle movement, and he told me that he would be getting surgeries pretty much for the rest of his life. He would occasionally show me where his skin would crack and bleed whenever he performed movements like reaching up onto a shelf or bending over to pick up things. That was an eye opener for me. Burns are no joke and I wouldn't wish them on anyone.
I've been thinking about this and other tragedies recently. I hope all clubs in New England and the rest of the US have learned from this (there was a horrible fire in a Russian nightclub in 2009). The video footage from the night of the disaster is so haunting, the opening guitar riffs and seeing the crowd... chilling
Unfortunately No. I'm a safety advisor and see "deathtraps" right here in my hometown. Clubs and bars that have no sprinklers, over-packed, and owners that are ignorant to the fact. I call up city and public safety officials in my town about what I see, but it seems to go on deaf ears. I just tell people anymore to not go to these venues if its packed.
That’s not a politician that’s a good man to come back and see his people even after this time as Governor. I remember this when this happened. I was in elementary school. Back then, it’s like times were different. It hurt the nation.
I heard about it when it happened 15 yrs ago but didn't realize it was that bad then . I just recently rediscovered it and am shocked , i didn't know . I am so sorry for the loss of lives and am deeply heart broken . May god rest their souls
+liselle sloan I think that is why there were only 100 killed. Can you imagine if there were mostly people 50 and up? There is NO Way they could have gotten out the windows, or held their breath long enough to get out. NO WAY.
+Dale PXP Could well be. Although maybe they would have been less likely to have jammed the front entrance-way. Also, many people that got out of the windows were pulled out, cause even young, healthy people could only endure a few minutes of the cyanide-laced smoke, which was tremendously hot, as well. Then again, older people would have been much less likely to have recovered from the trauma to their bodies that occurred, from the shock and the toxic smoke inhalation that caused parts of the lungs to die off.
I have been reading all I can and watching the videos. I heard about this case in 2003 even though I live on the opposite side of the country. Very shocking and disturbing. Hard to believe this could happen.
I know there are taverns/bars like that one in my state that did not have sprinklers installed. I think a lot states do. That foam was the main fire starter. Plus the Fireworks was super stupid. The owners should have done 10 years MINIMUM.
When I watch this kind remind me of the Ozone disco tragedy, here in the Philippines In March 1996. Hundreds of students died and injured with burns without finding an exit.Then when I watched the news all the students are burn to death and survived. I think they forgot to put a sprinkler on the night club
I remember being hearing about this concert. I was very worried about my 2 nephews, who were going to College in New Hampshire. I'm Thanking God, they weren't there. Amen. 😢
Its just inexcusable that greed,negligence and stupidity cost 100 people their lives and so many others with physical and emotiinal scars for the rest of their lives . Never forget them 🙏
Me and my wife was supposed to go to the damageplan concert at the alrosa villa in columbus the night that dimebag was killed. Something come up and we didn’t go. It wasn’t till the next morning that I seen it on the news
when you think about it we lost people on both sides. people lost their loved ones and great white lost their guitarist ty Longley. can we just stop pointing fingers and just pray to god to protect the souls lost in this tragedy. may those who died rest in peace.
The former R.I. governor looks sooo much like David Letterman. Wow! This was a great special. I, along with every American, mourns with Rhode Island, and we will never forget. :(
No way did legislation go too far! If you have a place for people to come it better have safety precautions no matter the cost. I want that most as a patron.
That's interesting, wow! And yes, mainstream media is crap! My heart goes out to the people who lost their lives so tragically & to their families & friends! This was so easily preventable & I can not believe the band, the band manager, the owners of The Station & the bouncers even, didn't try to stop them from using the pyrotechnics that night! Unbelievable!!!
+toddles9 yeah he had a friend in the audience he joined, Bill Long. They got trapped in the atrium when the front door exit was no longer viable and bill long barely escaped through the window with his life but unfortunately never saw his friend again. Also worth noting, Ty Longly wasn't officially "great white" he was a session musician who played for the band but couldn't be officially recognized as a great white member for legal reasons, so their musicians couldn't branch out and make other "Great White" bands. I learned that in the book about this tragedy called Killer Show.
+Yoga Dork Thank you for clarifying this for people. In some reports, I've read that Ty tried to go back in to save his guitar, which makes him sound foolish. Instead, he was nobly trying to help his friend. Of course, the flashover took place in about 90 seconds, according to reports, making the "band exit" impossible to exit, anyway. The flashover, I've learned, means that gases trapped at the ceiling get so hot, they causes instant combustion in anything flammable, including people. That is a key reason people's heads were on fire, along with falling "black rain" of melting polyfoam.
I guess, you don't know this, but Mr. Longley, had safely escaped the fire, and made it outside, just fine. But. for some unknown reason, Mr. Longley, went back inside the burning building allegedly, for his guitar, and that is when he was overcome, by the smoke/fire and perished,
Oh please. Knock it off with the whole "angels" crap. It's a tremendously horrible tragedy, but they were normal people who died horribly. Not Angel's for shits sake. Stop perpetuating stupidity
I can't believe security stopped people from exiting the building since said it was only ' for the band." The people should've shoved them out of the way! That was bullshit there.
I hope the fire marshal was there. Because he is the one who let all of this happen. No sprinklers, the building additions, the tar on the walls with the backlight plastic pieces stuck to it, the foam.
+Goldenrod636 I can't quite figure that out either. But when she was giving her "victim impact statement," in the criminal trial, she was listed as "Heidi Peralta Longley," where, of course, one has to use one's legal name. All I can imagine is she legally changed her name, with the family's blessing, perhaps partly to comfort her son, and as a tribute to her late boyfriend. It seems a bit deceptive, but if it comforts these poor people, I'm all for it.
Now is the time to believe in heaven and eternal life more than ever. We all sit at a waystation, and God will ultimately wash away every bit of pain good people have ever experienced.
None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” The venom of asps is under their lips.” Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known.” There is no fear of God before their eyes.
The rich and famous get away with murder. Personally, I don't tike Russell and if anyone else picked up, "I", and he changed it about sparks INSIDE. His manager got charged,HE should have too. Fans disagree, wait until it's THEIR child or whomever.
No, Just go done reading "From the Ashes" (a very good book by the way) and the author was one of the patrons that got denied exit by this a**hole. He had the balls to show up to memorials, (he survived but his wife died in the fire) drunk and belligerent. Surprised he did not get put on the stand with the owners.
mojojoejoe1983 - So the bouncer lost his wife in the fire? I think that would go some way to explaining his crass behavior which stuck in my mind after reading the book.
+sportshistorybuff he's mentioned in gina russo's book from the ashes. He's still alive but she hasn't named him. Other witnesses claim it was the bouncer whose wife kelly died in the hospital from burns she got in the fire.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE GOVERNOR DID NOT ENFOCE A LONGER ,(LIFE WITH OUT PAROLE)FOR THE 3 ASSHOLES AND GREAT WHITE , I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THERR WAS NO JUSTICE IN THIS HORRIBLE CASE , AMERICA IS NOT A #1 COUNTRY LIKE THEY SAY IT IS
+Hezbollah Longlive why wouldn't they? Many of them can't work now because of their injuries and have children to raise on disability and are thousands in debt for all the skin graphs, amputations and medical treatment. Why would they stop needing money after ten years? Do their bills go away? Are their children old enough to work yet? Some, maybe but not all.
But yet there is no mention EVER or any sort of anniversary to remind us about the Rhythm club were 209 African Americans died in the blaze whats more so how is it that they are doing all of these memorials for all these other tragedies (that happened to majority white people IM NOT MAKING IT ABOUT RACE FOR MYSELF personally but its just kind of funny how their building a memorial site for this tragedy but wont even hire proper grounds keeping for the mass burial ground for the Rhythm night club victims, they did those poor people awful. but im hoping its because of the time difference as it happened in the 1940s) none for the rhythm victims, why is it that its not in history books about disasters???? if your interested in finding more information just search up the rhythm night club fire
I will never forget this tragedy and those affected by it. I went to the memorial site on my birthday in 2010 and stopped at every marker to say a prayer. I wanted to take some time out of my day to celebrate the birthdays they will never have again...may they all RIP!
I got choked up at Ty's son doing charity so people will remember his father. One of the things that scare me most would be to pass away before my daughter is old enough to remember me, since I love her more than I've loved anyone or anything, I'd want her to know me. All these poor children growing up without a parent or both parents just eats me up inside, as well as the ones who still struggle every day with physical and mental disabilities caused by the fire.
I lost my friend Scott also there!!! My thoughts and prayers are with you all!!! As well too!! Love you!!!
I remember exactly where i was when i heard about this fire. My father had just died and i was in a hotel room going home from emptying his home. We woke up in a hotel and watched the news and saw it. Being a woman that was a teen in the 80’s and having gone to these type of venues and “concerts”, it just shook me knowing i was the age of the ones that died and if this had been near me, i probably would have been there just still messes with my head. The video of that fire and everyone stacked on top of each other at that front door is something I will never forget. God bless all of them. God bless the emergency responders. They ALL have to have PTSD from this event.
I might've been there too, front row center if I was still living nearby. When I was younger, I used to push myself as close to the stage as possible. Now I know that if I were there & that close to the stage, I would've had a 25% chance of surviving. That's why now something like this reminds me of how precious life is. Don't be afraid to live your life & have lots of experiences, but remember that we never know when our last day will be.
I had a friend in High School that was severely burned when he was really young. He had over 50 surgeries by that point to restore skin and some muscle movement, and he told me that he would be getting surgeries pretty much for the rest of his life. He would occasionally show me where his skin would crack and bleed whenever he performed movements like reaching up onto a shelf or bending over to pick up things. That was an eye opener for me. Burns are no joke and I wouldn't wish them on anyone.
Yes and even the small burns hurt like hell. I can't imagine being burned alive like this. Bless these soldiers
I've been thinking about this and other tragedies recently. I hope all clubs in New England and the rest of the US have learned from this (there was a horrible fire in a Russian nightclub in 2009). The video footage from the night of the disaster is so haunting, the opening guitar riffs and seeing the crowd... chilling
Unfortunately No. I'm a safety advisor and see "deathtraps" right here in my hometown. Clubs and bars that have no sprinklers, over-packed, and owners that are ignorant to the fact. I call up city and public safety officials in my town about what I see, but it seems to go on deaf ears. I just tell people anymore to not go to these venues if its packed.
we love you bonnie. you are missed
+cat cripe sorry for your loss
That’s not a politician that’s a good man to come back and see his people even after this time as Governor. I remember this when this happened. I was in elementary school. Back then, it’s like times were different. It hurt the nation.
I know the pain that young Man, Ty feels, My father passed away two weeks before I was born! Stay Strong young Man, keep making your Dad proud!
I heard about it when it happened 15 yrs ago but didn't realize it was that bad then . I just recently rediscovered it and am shocked , i didn't know . I am so sorry for the loss of lives and am deeply heart broken . May god rest their souls
I've only just heard about this.
Awful. Just awful.
The video footage is traumatic viewing.
It stays with me. 😢
And so many of the victims were so young! Almost all were under forty, many in their twenties, with their whole lives ahead of them.
+liselle sloan I think that is why there were only 100 killed. Can you imagine if there were mostly people 50 and up? There is NO Way they could have gotten out the windows, or held their breath long enough to get out. NO WAY.
+Dale PXP Could well be. Although maybe they would have been less likely to have jammed the front entrance-way. Also, many people that got out of the windows were pulled out, cause even young, healthy people could only endure a few minutes of the cyanide-laced smoke, which was tremendously hot, as well. Then again, older people would have been much less likely to have recovered from the trauma to their bodies that occurred, from the shock and the toxic smoke inhalation that caused parts of the lungs to die off.
I have been reading all I can and watching the videos. I heard about this case in 2003 even though I live on the opposite side of the country. Very shocking and disturbing. Hard to believe this could happen.
I would like to find out what states have sprinkler nightclub laws and what don't. Let me know if you have a link.
I know there are taverns/bars like that one in my state that did not have sprinklers installed. I think a lot states do. That foam was the main fire starter. Plus the Fireworks was super stupid. The owners should have done 10 years MINIMUM.
Ty's son is a remarkable child.
When I watch this kind remind me of the Ozone disco tragedy, here in the Philippines In March 1996. Hundreds of students died and injured with burns without finding an exit.Then when I watched the news all the students are burn to death and survived. I think they forgot to put a sprinkler on the night club
I'd like to know why the two owners are not in prison? Seems they should have gotten at least 20 years
Agree... or the bouncers blocking the band's exit.
@@79Bobola YESSSS!!
Too bad the station didn't burn down by electrical fire at 4:30 am instead. You know like 6 months before this fire.
@FUCK YOU ❄🖕 well cause if it burned down from an electrical fault at 4.30am it wouldn't have been open and filled with people?
Well that’s a completely random comment….
I remember being hearing about this concert. I was very worried about my 2 nephews, who were going to College in New Hampshire. I'm Thanking God, they weren't there. Amen.
😢
This gentleman was so greatest guy. I am so very sorry. I'm ve watched this from the beginning. Tears never stop.
What a governor, he cares for the loss of people who died RI am sorry, stay strong time heals to a point.
It's incomprehensible what they must have gone through , the utter panic of just trying to get out so horrific
This is so moving. The man whose brother died in the fire caretaking the grounds is touching.
My mom died that same month, my heart went out to the families. R.I.H.
My heart and prayers go out to the family that lost their loved ones on that faithful night i wanted to cry when i saw this
Horrible Tragedy. God Bless.
This defined the word nightmare.....losing your offspring
Rest In Peace, I’ll never forget that night
Its just inexcusable that greed,negligence and stupidity cost 100 people their lives and so many others with physical and emotiinal scars for the rest of their lives . Never forget them 🙏
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Nancy! Im sorry for your loss! I didn't know that you tragically lost your son in this nightclub fire!
God bless all friend and family amen 🙏
Me and my wife was supposed to go to the damageplan concert at the alrosa villa in columbus the night that dimebag was killed. Something come up and we didn’t go. It wasn’t till the next morning that I seen it on the news
when you think about it we lost people on both sides.
people lost their loved ones and great white lost their guitarist ty Longley.
can we just stop pointing fingers and just pray to god to protect the souls lost in this tragedy.
may those who died rest in peace.
tinydancer 73 Ty was a studio musician hired to play. He wasn't a part of "Great White" itself.
He wouldn’t of died he was materialistic he ran back in to get his guitar oh that was important wasn’t it?
that acey is a seriously smart articulate and sweet child.
May they rest in peace.
The former R.I. governor looks sooo much like David Letterman. Wow! This was a great special. I, along with every American, mourns with Rhode Island, and we will never forget. :(
My friend Scott. Rest in peace and love you all.
No way did legislation go too far! If you have a place for people to come it better have safety precautions no matter the cost. I want that most as a patron.
No mention of the fact that the owner of the Station Jeff Dedarian was an an anchor for this very TV station! Typical media crap.
That's interesting, wow! And yes, mainstream media is crap! My heart goes out to the people who lost their lives so tragically & to their families & friends! This was so easily preventable & I can not believe the band, the band manager, the owners of The Station & the bouncers even, didn't try to stop them from using the pyrotechnics that night! Unbelievable!!!
Given the band had their own exit, I'm surprised Ty Longley died.
+toddles9 he died because he headed to the front door with the big crowd instead of going for the stage exit.
starbuck92 Aha, I see. Thank you.
+toddles9 yeah he had a friend in the audience he joined, Bill Long. They got trapped in the atrium when the front door exit was no longer viable and bill long barely escaped through the window with his life but unfortunately never saw his friend again. Also worth noting, Ty Longly wasn't officially "great white" he was a session musician who played for the band but couldn't be officially recognized as a great white member for legal reasons, so their musicians couldn't branch out and make other "Great White" bands. I learned that in the book about this tragedy called Killer Show.
+Yoga Dork Thank you for clarifying this for people. In some reports, I've read that Ty tried to go back in to save his guitar, which makes him sound foolish. Instead, he was nobly trying to help his friend. Of course, the flashover took place in about 90 seconds, according to reports, making the "band exit" impossible to exit, anyway. The flashover, I've learned, means that gases trapped at the ceiling get so hot, they causes instant combustion in anything flammable, including people. That is a key reason people's heads were on fire, along with falling "black rain" of melting polyfoam.
I guess, you don't know this, but Mr. Longley, had safely escaped the fire, and made it outside, just fine. But. for some unknown reason, Mr. Longley, went back inside the burning building allegedly, for his guitar, and that is when he was overcome, by the smoke/fire and perished,
For the victims. RIP
he threw his tour manager under the bus
Well...Ty's son is far intelligent for his age. Best of luck to him and the future.
God bless the 100 Angels
Oh please. Knock it off with the whole "angels" crap. It's a tremendously horrible tragedy, but they were normal people who died horribly. Not Angel's for shits sake. Stop perpetuating stupidity
Horribly sad.
I can't believe security stopped people from exiting the building since said it was only ' for the band." The people should've shoved them out of the way! That was bullshit there.
I hope the fire marshal was there. Because he is the one who let all of this happen. No sprinklers, the building additions, the tar on the walls with the backlight plastic pieces stuck to it, the foam.
They couldn't get Aceyty's name right? Also, Heidi and Ty weren't married were they? Or was it a common-law thing?
+Goldenrod636 I can't quite figure that out either. But when she was giving her "victim impact statement," in the criminal trial, she was listed as "Heidi Peralta Longley," where, of course, one has to use one's legal name. All I can imagine is she legally changed her name, with the family's blessing, perhaps partly to comfort her son, and as a tribute to her late boyfriend. It seems a bit deceptive, but if it comforts these poor people, I'm all for it.
I believe they were engaged.
Love you.alll.
Now is the time to believe in heaven and eternal life more than ever. We all sit at a waystation, and God will ultimately wash away every bit of pain good people have ever experienced.
None is righteous, no, not one;
no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
Their throat is an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
The venom of asps is under their lips.”
Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
in their paths are ruin and misery,
and the way of peace they have not known.”
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Please just stop. We need critical thinkers now more than ever. Not make believe.
I heard a survivor say they held him and his fiance and others back to get the band out first wtf
beck served 6 days 14 hours and mike d served 10 days for each person the killed
Remember these days when tragedy was accidental and not caused by a psychopath with a gun?
+xdog d you mean two years after 9/11? also, in 2003, an arsonist set fire to a train in South Korea killing 192 people.
I was thinking about Dimebag Darrell's onstage murder in 2004 and more recently and worse yet the Paris Attacks.
You mean like Columbine which happened 4 years prior?
You say your sorry 😢 That’s what you say !
Wow this was so so so so terrible i can't watch this with out tears down
I'm so sorry for everyone affected by this. For me this was worse than the events of 9/11
Can you blame stupidity?
decent people in Rhode Island
The rich and famous get away with murder. Personally, I don't tike Russell and if anyone else picked up, "I", and he changed it about sparks INSIDE. His manager got charged,HE should have too.
Fans disagree, wait until it's THEIR child or whomever.
The one responsible is the owners who ok'd the pyrotechnics so they thought the club was modern and safe. The owners lied to the band.
@@annabellelee4535 I'm sorry but the band was complicit and partly to blame. They aren't innocent and who agrees to have sparks INSIDE a structure.
n heaven..i dont think so...god dont hang out in dens of innecwidy..sorry to say
Did that knucklehead, power tripping bouncer who wouldn't let people leave through a door (Band only!) perish?
No, Just go done reading "From the Ashes" (a very good book by the way) and the author was one of the patrons that got denied exit by this a**hole. He had the balls to show up to memorials, (he survived but his wife died in the fire) drunk and belligerent. Surprised he did not get put on the stand with the owners.
mojojoejoe1983
That's unreal ! Sombody should have beaten his a**!!!!
mojojoejoe1983
- So the bouncer lost his wife in the fire? I think that would go some way to explaining his crass behavior which stuck in my mind after reading the book.
+sportshistorybuff he's mentioned in gina russo's book from the ashes. He's still alive but she hasn't named him. Other witnesses claim it was the bouncer whose wife kelly died in the hospital from burns she got in the fire.
Yes, in 08'
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE GOVERNOR DID NOT ENFOCE A LONGER ,(LIFE WITH OUT PAROLE)FOR THE 3 ASSHOLES AND GREAT WHITE , I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THERR WAS NO JUSTICE IN THIS HORRIBLE CASE , AMERICA IS NOT A #1 COUNTRY LIKE THEY SAY IT IS
is funny how people still ask for Donations,
+Hezbollah Longlive why wouldn't they? Many of them can't work now because of their injuries and have children to raise on disability and are thousands in debt for all the skin graphs, amputations and medical treatment. Why would they stop needing money after ten years? Do their bills go away? Are their children old enough to work yet? Some, maybe but not all.
@@yogadork_namasteyes they need it, read an article on bill young :( the scars are ongoing
But yet there is no mention EVER or any sort of anniversary to remind us about the Rhythm club were 209 African Americans died in the blaze whats more so how is it that they are doing all of these memorials for all these other tragedies (that happened to majority white people IM NOT MAKING IT ABOUT RACE FOR MYSELF personally but its just kind of funny how their building a memorial site for this tragedy but wont even hire proper grounds keeping for the mass burial ground for the Rhythm night club victims, they did those poor people awful. but im hoping its because of the time difference as it happened in the 1940s) none for the rhythm victims, why is it that its not in history books about disasters???? if your interested in finding more information just search up the rhythm night club fire
Thank you. I will look it up
Yeah, it's largely because of time and that it's not within living memory for most people. The fire station feels like it was recent.
Thanks I'll look that up
It's because white people are more important than black people.