On February 20; 2003; the deadliest rock concert in U.S. history took place at a roadhouse called The Station in West Warwick; Rhode Island. That night; in the few minutes it takes to play a hard-rock standard; the fate of many of the unsuspecting nightclub patrons was determined with awful certainty. The blaze was ignited when pyrotechnics set off by Great White; a 1980s heavy-metal band; lit flammable polyurethane ldquo;egg craterdquo; foam sound insulation on the clubrsquo;s walls. In less than 10 minutes; 96 people were dead and 200 more were injured; many catastrophically. The final death toll topped out; three months later; at the eerily unlikely round number of 100.The story of the fire; its causes; and its legal and human aftermath is one of lives put at risk by petty economic decisionsmdash;by a band; club owners; promoters; building inspectors; and product manufacturers. Any one of those decisions; made differently; might have averted the tragedy. Together; however; they reached a fatal critical mass.Killer Show is the first comprehensive exploration of the chain of events leading up to the fire; the conflagration itself; and the painstaking search for evidence to hold the guilty to account and obtain justice for the victims.Anyone who has entered an entertainment venue and wondered; ldquo;Could I get out of here in a hurry?rdquo; will identify with concertgoers at The Station. Fans of disaster nonfiction and forensic thrillers will find ample elements of both genres in Killer Show.
#2470952 in eBooks 2012-08-06 2012-08-06File Name: B008VSS0N2
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