Six Flags took it over in late 1977. The bodies were charred beyond recognition. Fairchild and Casterline modeled the exhaust fan directly into FDS. Great Escape. ", Hours after the blaze, then police commissioner Richard Borystold The Washington Post: "We don't know if they were men or women - that's how badly the bodies were burned.". Jury Acquits Companies In Great Adventure Fires | AP News Join us during Fright Fest and enjoy family-friendly events during the day & bone-chilling thrills at night. They also testified that a ripped "crash pad"[22] in the corridor had exposed foam rubber padding. The old faade was torn down and Botanical Gardens took its place. Norma Quintana, Sam's mother, took dental records to the amusement park Saturday and afterward said her son was among the dead. Shortly into my shift I was inexplicably pulled out of shop to stand watch and divert visitors from an area engulfed in smoke and flames. But for the loved ones of a group of teens from New York City the day out would become the stuff of nightmares. From there, the guests would enter through the drawbridge main portal where a doorman would direct them to the entrance of the actual walk-through. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the fire that took the lives of eight teenagers trapped inside the Haunted Castle attraction on May 11, 1984. Park President John Fitzgerald said the fire was a terrible tragedy. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Six Flags New England did not open at all in 2020. Admission is free with valid Pass or Membership. The New Jersey Uniform Fire Code also requires a certificate of occupancy be obtained before certain attractions are opened to the public. Fire consumed a foam pad inside the Haunted Castle and spread through the structure. The Ocean County Medical Examiner, Dr. Walter Corrigan, has made public only two names: Joseph Beyroutey, 17, of Paterson, a senior at Passaic County Technical High School, and Tina Genovese of Williamstown, N.J., who was in her teens. The contents fascinated him. Flemingwho would later serve on NFPAs Standards Council and its Board of Directors and write a long-standing column for this magazinebegan reviewing testimony, and found what he considered three significant errors made by the expert witnesses called by the defense in their assumptions about fire spread and the potential performance of sprinklers during the incident.
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