3.20.2003
    Today is the one-month anniversary of the Station nightclub fire in West Warwick. A little after 11 p.m. Feb. 20, a fire started as the band Great White began its show with fireworks. More than 300 people were in the club: 99 died, about 190 were injured, nearly 100 seriously enough to be hospitalized. An unknown number escaped without serious injury.
    To remember those who died and pay tribute to those who helped, many of Rhode Island’s media have marked today with special coverage.
    The Providence Journal offers this 20-page section that includes profiles of the deceased victims and the names of rescue and hospital workers.
    During the past month, Journal reporters talked with relatives and friends of the dead to write individual profiles. They were printed on many different days following the fire. Today, the profiles are all brought together in this publication. Many have been rewritten to include new information.
    The Journal also tried to determine the names of all the rescue and medical people who responded on the night of the fire. We were mostly successful. In this section, you will find the names of about 2,000 persons who were there to help on that night.
         —Joel Rawson, Executive Editor, The Providence Journal      

Below, the special section may be viewed by page, in a PDF format.
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You may also see the entire section in one PDF, by clicking here.