Dim lighting, loud music, sex on the mind, and 30 seconds away from dying--all at once.
It's the type of anniversary that can't be forgotten, no matter how badly the survivors wish they could. On Wednesday, victims of a nightclub fire will be reminded of their tragic stories: how they almost died and how they watched others perish before them in flames.
"People that weren't here really don't understand why we can't let this stuff go," said Walter Castle Jr., 39. Though a survivor, Castle suffered third-degree burns in his lungs, throat and bronchial tubes.
The fire took Castle's friends in 2003. 100 people died. Castle was in counseling until 2009. In 2010, he returned to counseling as the 10th anniversary propelled him into terrible nightmares.
On Sunday, relatives and friends of victims suffered through the bitter cold to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Station nightclub fire in Warwick, R.I.
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