Re: Concert Disaster In Rhode Island

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>]

On 21 Feb 2003 at 13:24, Donna Halper wrote:

> And as might be expected, WBZ Radio had reporters on this story 
> immediately-- at the risk of seeming like I am shilling for them, they do
> a wonderful job of being proactive and getting reporters to the scene of
> breaking stories.  Now, on to other things.  Wouldn't it seem that after
> the Cocoanut Grove (492 dead) club owners would have learnt something? 
> Witnesses who escaped the Rhode Island tragedy said not only were there no
> sprinklers, but no fire extinguishers either.  And the club was very
> crowded.  Why does it take a tragedy to get people to focus on safety?

One would think there would be city codes requiring this sort of thing.  Then again, maybe 
there are and the  owners paid off someone not to notice the violations.

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