Survivors of Station Nightclub fire urged to share grief

WEST WARWICK, R.I. - Survivors of The Station nightclub fire and relatives of the 100 who were killed, gathering at a memorial, have been urged to share their grief.

Rev. Scott Gunn of Christ Church in Lincoln said at a remembrance at West Warwick Sunday that the wounds of grief never heal. He advised mourners to not grieve alone.

Chris Fontaine, who lost her 22-year-old son, Mark, and heads the Station Fire Memorial Foundation, told about 150 people that "whoever said time heals all wounds never walked in our shoes."

The Feb. 20, 2003, fire began when pyrotechnics used by the rock band Great White set ablaze foam used as soundproofing. The band's tour manager and one of the club's owners served prison time on involuntary manslaughter charges.