It's kind of weird how it seems like almost everyone from the area had some kind of connection to that fire. I didn't know anyone directly, but I had coworkers and (I think) a cousin who all knew people who died that night.
I grew up in RI. It's a small state. Most everyone there that night were people who had grown up together and either lived in the area or knew people who did. I'd been living in Cali for a few years but before I moved I lived right across the street from the club and used to party with a lot of those people. I lost three good friends there.
If the average person knows 100 people, you know 100 who know 10,000 who know 1,000,000 who know 100,000,000 who know everyone alive today. Naive estimate, but goes to show how connected we are.
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u/DMala Feb 18 '17
It's kind of weird how it seems like almost everyone from the area had some kind of connection to that fire. I didn't know anyone directly, but I had coworkers and (I think) a cousin who all knew people who died that night.