Digital Extra: Forged by Fire

Photo courtesy of the Hoogasian family MIKE AND SANDY Hoogasian, in their 2001 wedding photo, worked hard, but were never too busy for each other or the people they loved.

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March 1984: Michael Hoogasian and his friend Derek Knight attend their first Great White concert at the Providence Civic Center.

June 1990: Michael Hoogasian graduates from Cranston High School East.

October 2001: Michael Hoogasian's friends throw a bachelor party in his honor at The Station nightclub.

Oct. 14, 2001: Michael Hoogasian and Sandy Leocadio are married.

September 2001: Skott Greene buys a tattoo parlor in Quaker Valley Mall, on Route 2, in West Warwick.

December 2002: The Station nightclub passes its annual fire inspection.

Feb. 7, 2003: Great White lights off pyrotechnics at its show in Pinellas Park, Fla.

Feb. 18, 2003: Great White shoots off fireworks at an indoor concert in Maine.