Returning to The Station

[Jay Ashworth]

Yesterday was the anniversary of the fire at The Station in RI that kill 100 and injured 230, 19 years ago.

NFPA went back to the location, with one of the survivors of that incident.

Are *you* still being a hardass about pyrotechnics?

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[Jay Ashworth]

Well, hell; click-through, I guess.

 

[What Rigger?]

In the earlier part of my dubious career, I was fortunate to have a mentor who was a legit "Pyro Samurai" (as it said on his business card), and he instilled in me a respect and understanding for everything from open flame effects to aerial displays that I still carry with me, and preach, today. That this learning happened in Las Vegas, a city that tends to not play games about crowd safety, was a bonus I could not have ever improved on. I will gladly be a hardazz about pyro until I'm done.