Macabre Warehouse Filled With Relics From Deadly GREAT WHITE Show
February 18, 2010, 14 years ago
Eric Tucker from the Associated Press is reporting:
Inside a warehouse lie macabre relics of one of the nation's deadliest nightclub fires, including bar stools where patrons drank and the stage where rock bands jammed before the 2003 blaze killed 100 people.
More than 700 artifacts were collected from the burned-out wreckage of The Station and were saved in the warehouse so lawyers for survivors and victims' relatives could determine what materials contributed to the fire's lightning-quick spread, identify responsible manufacturers and decide who should be sued.
Now, with those lawsuits settled, the warehouse appears on its way to becoming obsolete.
Each of the several dozen people and companies sued after the blaze has offered to settle for a total of $176 million, avoiding a trial. A judge signed off on the settlements last month, though no money has been paid to the more than 300 plaintiffs.
Lawyers haven't detailed their plans for the warehouse, saying they'll take it up once the case officially concludes and the families receive their money. But the most likely outcome is that the warehouse will ultimately be vacated and the materials somehow disposed of, though how any of that would happen hasn't been decided.
"The last thing we want to see is artifacts from that warehouse be on eBay or some crazy thing like that," said Michael St. Pierre, a lawyer for some of the victims. "I think that would be very detrimental to the memory of those who lost their lives and those who got injured."Read more here.
