Time flies.
I remember this like it was yesterday.
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire: What remains after 40 years
A way overbuilt entertainment complex caught fire and burned in Kentucky, just across the river from Cincinnati. The warren of rooms and tunnels caused 165 people to die, one of the worst fires in American history.
I always look for the fire exit when I go somewhere I've not been to before.
"There is a fire," the busboy says. "You have to leave. Go across the hall. Go across the Empire Room."
Five seconds before, John Hoyle was just waiting for dessert. He was one of a couple dozen diners at his table at the Beverly Hills Supper Club.
May 28, 1977, is no longer a Saturday out with his medical staff from St. Luke Hospital and his wife, Janet.
The 34-year-old is the chief executive officer at St. Luke.
He knows what to do. He's trained for this.
He gets up from his seat.
I remember this like it was yesterday.
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire: What remains after 40 years
A way overbuilt entertainment complex caught fire and burned in Kentucky, just across the river from Cincinnati. The warren of rooms and tunnels caused 165 people to die, one of the worst fires in American history.
I always look for the fire exit when I go somewhere I've not been to before.
"There is a fire," the busboy says. "You have to leave. Go across the hall. Go across the Empire Room."
Five seconds before, John Hoyle was just waiting for dessert. He was one of a couple dozen diners at his table at the Beverly Hills Supper Club.
May 28, 1977, is no longer a Saturday out with his medical staff from St. Luke Hospital and his wife, Janet.
The 34-year-old is the chief executive officer at St. Luke.
He knows what to do. He's trained for this.
He gets up from his seat.
It reminded me of a movie we had to watch in college; The Towering Inferno. But I looked it up and the movie pre-dates this tragedy. We had to watch and identify a certain number of safety issues and things. 
