ESSAY
"The Rhode Island Nightclub Disaster"
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Excerpt (first and last two sentences)
"The Rhode
Island nightclub tragedy shows the collapse of a real world system. An article
in the New York Times discusses this debacle and the role of the club
owners, firefighters, and common citizens....
...There were multiple failures within a system that was supposed to
protect the audience from a sudden fire. The use of extremely flammable
insulation, the lack of emergency exits and the failure of the fire department
in identifying potential hazards made the night club a disaster waiting to
happen."