Nine Years Ago Tonight, by Patrick Laverty
West Warwick
3:30 PM, 02/20/12
Nine Years Ago Tonight, by Patrick Laverty
West Warwick
3:30 PM, 02/20/12
Happy Presidents Day, by Marc Comtois
History
8:30 AM, 02/20/12
Donnis Tells the World About Brown & Providence, by Justin Katz
Providence
2:55 PM, 02/19/12
Explaining the Cuts to Services for Developmentally Disabled, by Marc Comtois
Social Services
1:00 PM, 02/19/12
A Week of Thoughts, by Patrick Laverty
Community
9:00 PM, 02/18/12
Once We’re Done With the One Aspirin Remark, Can We Return To The 1,000 Weeks of Racism and Anti-Americanism?, by Monique Chartier
Obamanation
12:00 PM, 02/18/12
Chafee Proposes Funding Cuts to RI PBS, by Patrick Laverty
An Even Livelier Experiment
11:00 PM, 02/17/12
After Criticism, Ship Naming Reverts to Tradition, by Marc Comtois
Military Affairs
6:00 PM, 02/17/12
About the Cranston Banner, by Marc Comtois
Rhode Island Culture
9:00 AM, 02/17/12
February 20, 2012
Nine Years Ago Tonight
Today marks nine years since The Station fire happened in West Warwick and 100 people died and many others are permanently injured both physically and mentally. With a state the size of Rhode Island, it seems that everyone knows someone that was directly affected by this tragedy. Even if you didn't know anyone affected, try to keep these people in your mind, so we can make sure events like this do not happen again.
Over the next year, filmmaker David Bettencourt will be putting together a documentary about The Station fire and plans to release it next year, on the 10th anniversary of the fire.
As painful as the annual articles about the fire are and what the movie might do to stir up emotions from those affected, it will be good to have the event and its toll preserved for future generations to learn from.