On Sunday May 12, 1996 there was an accidental fire at a Chapel Hill Fraternity house, called Phi Gamma Delta. The fire killed five and injured three others. The building was seventy years old and had three stories plus a basement. The house had masonry exterior and wood interior structural components. There where nineteen bedrooms on the second floor, the first floor had several bedrooms and the presidential suite.
Such guests included WWII veterans, prominent highschool students of Georgia attending an event, and various shoppers and travelers. The fire made its first appearance around three o’ clock in the morning by an elevator operator. They sounded the alarm to the hotel lobby that smoke was rising up near the fifth floor, and soon enough, chaos fell upon the “fireproof” hotel. At the time, the third and fourth floors were swallowed up with flames. Unfortunately, at three in the morning many of Winecoff’s guests were asleep and their chances of survival were slim to none.
Littlejohn was later convicted of voluntary manslaughter while armed. Farooq claim that the security firm failed to properly supervise the security staff hired by John Doe. She claimed that because the hotel assigned an employee to interact with John Doe and the security team, the hotel must have had control over the security personnel and should be held liable for their negligent supervision. She said the security staff was negligent because it did not find the knife that Littlejohn brought to the party, even after searching attendees before they entered the room. The U.S District Court, District of Columbia said that even if Farooq’s claims that the hotel had control of the security were found to
You awake to some sounds in the middle of the night You go to the source and then to your fright You see your home engulfed in a fire, Was it the kids or a short in a wire? Now you’re in trouble what will you do Call the fire department and they’ll come and help you Hello, in my spare time I am a volunteer fire fighter. Today I am going to talk to you about fire fighter safety. I am going to take you on an adventure through a structure fire scene and explain to you some of the dangers and safety techniques that keep fire fighters safe every day. Imagine this, you are asleep in your big comfortable bed and you are awakened by a glass shattering tone that informs you of a structure fire.
Hans and Rosa began to hide a Jewish man, Max Vandenburg, in their basement until Hans made a mistake that forced Max to leave before the authorities came and found him. Alex Steiner, Rudy’s father, also made a mistake that threatened the authority of the Nazi party and he and Hans were drafted into the military. Hans broke his leg and was allowed to come back home to Molching. Late one night, while Liesel was in their basement writing an autobiography, the poorer part of Molching was bombed, where she happened to live and everyone was killed, except Liesel. First of all, the book provided me with many, somewhat random out of context, but interesting facts about what went on outside of the fictional story of Liesel Meminger.
Evidence showed that respondent set fire to the apartment of his neighbor, Hope Collins, in an attempt to kill his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, who were spending the night together in the apartment below. The intended victims escaped unharmed, but Hope Collins’ 2 year-old daughter Cynthia died in the fire. At trial, the state presented evidence of respondent’s intent to kill his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, but not of specific intent to kill Cynthia Collins. The state also offered expert forensic evidence to show that the fire had been started deliberately. The respondent did not contest this forensic evidence at trial because his retained arson expert had reported that the State’s evidence conclusively established arson.
Earlier in the same year, six elderly people were killed in there homes by burglars, there was no way for them to protect themselves. This law needs to be supported so that no victim of burglary or trespassing is left vulnerable. Many believe the "Make My Day" law is a "License to Murder", meaning
Timothy Masters’ arrest was only because he had failed to report that he had found a dead body while he was heading to school. Furthermore, many pages of drawings which are associated with violence and knife collection which were found in his room made him the primary suspect. It is clear that the defense counsel had failed
The secondary effects include the fires that broke out all over the city of Kobe, the congestion and chaos on the roads, the closure of businesses and the problem of homelessness. Many more people died in the fires that followed the earthquake. Problems were made worse by the large number of aftershocks (over 1,300). Many of the older, wooden houses completely collapsed. Fire, triggered by broken gas pipes and sparks from severed electrical cables, caused a huge amount of damage, destroying at least 7,500 wooden homes.
A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon, leading to a partial collapse in its western side. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, was targeted at Washington, D.C., but crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after its passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. In total, almost 3,000 people died in the attacks, including the 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four planes. It also was the deadliest incident for firefighters in the history of the United States. Suspicion quickly fell on al-Qaeda.