In Dallas, Tex., around the same time that Barylick got his first call from a potential plaintiff, Charles “Chip” Babcock (LAW’76) was contacted by the general counsel for LIN Television Corporation, which owned 50 TV stations around the country. Like many in a small state where news travels fast, the Providence-based lawyer had already heard about the previous night’s fire at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I.-he knew about the pyrotechnics gone terribly wrong, the flaming wall of soundproofing, and the deadly stampede for the exit.īarylick (LAW’77), a partner in the personal injury firm Wistow, Barylick, Sheehan & Loveley, had heard about the scores of dead and injured in what would prove to be one of the deadliest club fires in U.S. John Barylick wasn’t surprised when his phone started ringing early on the frigid morning of February 21, 2003. Bettencourt will post six episodes over the next six weeks, and he hopes to release a second series about the fire next year. In the video above, watch episode one of Bettencourt’s new online documentary series The Station. The Station Project: Filmmaker David Bettencourt (COM’01) turned his attention to the Station nightclub fire three years ago, with encouragement from his friend Missy Minor Martone, a survivor of the West Warwick, R.I., blaze.
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