Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire (71 page)

identification of,
126
,
134–42
,
144

impact statements,
164
,
167–68

treatment of (
see
fire injuries; lifesaving treatments; psychological injuries; skin injuries; treatment efforts) video footage.
See
film footage

Vieira, Kelly,
73–74
,
175

Vieira, Scott,
xii
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73–74
,
78
,
81
,
268
n Villanova, Raymond,
8
,
158
,
193–94
,
251

volunteers,
126
,
135–37
,
141–46

Wagner, Debra,
80

Walason, Thomas,
15

Walkman recorders.
See
digital audio tape recorders (DATs)

Walton, Perry,
226

Warner, Barry,
9
,
17–19
,
157
,
192–93
,
233–34

warnings.
See
flammability warnings; product liability and stewardship

Warrant (rock band),
29–30

Warwick, RI,
6

W.A.S.P. (rock band),
12–14
,
30
,
149–50

Webster Theater,
149

Welansky, Barnett,
163

Western Fire Center,
204
,
212–13

West Warwick, RI,
5–7
,
251
,
283
n culpability,
194
,
251

Town Council and town officials,
201–2
,
229

WHDH TV Channel 7 (Boston),
13–14
,
19–20

White, Mike,
214

White, Randall (Randy),
149
,
165

WHJY-FM radio station,
48–49
,
192
,
194
,
250

Wild West Funding,
226

Williamson, Robert (Brady),
203
,
206
,
214

Williamson, Timothy,
152–53

Wilson, Sharon,
105

Wims, Meaghan,
137

Winman, George,
149

witness accounts,
148
,
191–92

WLNE TV Channel 6 (Providence),
13

Woodford, Zach,
147

workers’ compensation laws and insurance,
162–63
,
230–31

World Trade Center.
See
9/11 terrorist attacks

WPRI-TV Channel 12 (Providence),
53
,
134
,
199–201
,
228

Zicherman, Joseph,
131

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

1. Sifting the Ashes

2. Mill Town Watering Hole

3. Rock Impresarios

4. Only Rock ’n’ Roll

5. That Ain’t No Way to Have Fun, Son

6. Lucky Day

7. Yours, in Fire Safety...

8. Suds, Sparks, and Sponsorship

9. Film at Eleven

10. This Way Out

11. Cause for Alarm

12. I’m with the Band

13. Fighting for Air

14. A Snowball’s Chance in Hell

15. The Way of All Flesh

16. Domino Theory

17. The Sound and the Fury

18. Into the Breach

19. Solid Gasoline

20. The Missing

21. Artifacts of Tragedy

22. Circling the Wagons

23. Crime and Punishment

24. “First, Survival; Then, Function; Then, Cosmetics”

25. Risky Business

26. Making the Tough Cases

27. Burning Question

28. Divining the Incalculable

29. Memento Mori

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Appendixes

Notes and Sources

Index

Illustrations