Talk about Father’s Day most heartwarming story A man who suffered devastating 3rd- and 4th-degree burns to over 40% of his body after surviving the deadly Station nightclub fire has shared his joy at the birth of his baby daughter!!
This is Joe. On February 20th, 2003 while enjoying a rock concert with a girlfriend, a special effects malfunction caused a fire to break out after using pyrotechnics in their set. A hundred people died and more than 200 were injured as concert-goers desperately tried to escape. Some, like Joe and his former girlfriend, suffocated among the crowd.
"The nightclub was way over capacity. Realizing quickly what was going on I made my way from near the front row to the nearest exit. In an effort to protect Karla, I placed my leather vest over her. As we made it towards the exit people fell in front of me and then on top of me. Karla suffocated and did not survive, but she was not burned. I was trapped and conscious throughout the entire ordeal. I could hear everything going on around me. The sounds of yelling were quite loud. Then it grew quieter and quieter. Then it was just me. Next, I heard the voice of a firefighter saying ", “we’ve got one over here.”
After suffering burns to 40 per cent of his body and nearly losing his scalp, he spent a year in hospital undergoing skin grafts. He lost his fingers, toes and his left eye.
-"To date I have had 128 tune-ups (surgeries) and counting. I will continue to have surgeries for the rest of my life".
"But in 2007 he met Carrie, who herself had been burned as a child, at a burn victims conference. They are got engaged after 2 years and welcomed their first child Hadley shortly after". “Hadley’s so cute. I feel happy, nervous, fulfilled. Nobody knows what’s coming in an hour or two or five. I’m just determined to be the best dad I can be. I went into surgery to receive a hand transplant – so now I can feel my baby daughter’s soft hair.”
Edit: ppl who are asking me how does it make him a great father sure your questions are right and the caption sure is faulty , as far as the story said he did risk he's life to save he's girlfriend and that does make him a good human being regardless of being a great father , this post was made just with the view that he is a happy human with his daughter and his now wife after surviving a tragedy , we sure don't know him at least we can wish good for him ,
And the once who are making some really stupid comments and thinking it's dark humour sorry it's not it's just making you looks stupid and this was not posted with the view of obtaining karma , I just felt this tory and needs to be shared
I'm from Rhode Island where the fire happened. It was fucking horrific. So many people I knew died that day. Glad to see he's doing well. Congratulations!
hrithikbadass on June 22nd, 2020 at 13:10 UTC »
Talk about Father’s Day most heartwarming story A man who suffered devastating 3rd- and 4th-degree burns to over 40% of his body after surviving the deadly Station nightclub fire has shared his joy at the birth of his baby daughter!!
This is Joe. On February 20th, 2003 while enjoying a rock concert with a girlfriend, a special effects malfunction caused a fire to break out after using pyrotechnics in their set. A hundred people died and more than 200 were injured as concert-goers desperately tried to escape. Some, like Joe and his former girlfriend, suffocated among the crowd.
"The nightclub was way over capacity. Realizing quickly what was going on I made my way from near the front row to the nearest exit. In an effort to protect Karla, I placed my leather vest over her. As we made it towards the exit people fell in front of me and then on top of me. Karla suffocated and did not survive, but she was not burned. I was trapped and conscious throughout the entire ordeal. I could hear everything going on around me. The sounds of yelling were quite loud. Then it grew quieter and quieter. Then it was just me. Next, I heard the voice of a firefighter saying ", “we’ve got one over here.”
After suffering burns to 40 per cent of his body and nearly losing his scalp, he spent a year in hospital undergoing skin grafts. He lost his fingers, toes and his left eye.
-"To date I have had 128 tune-ups (surgeries) and counting. I will continue to have surgeries for the rest of my life".
"But in 2007 he met Carrie, who herself had been burned as a child, at a burn victims conference. They are got engaged after 2 years and welcomed their first child Hadley shortly after". “Hadley’s so cute. I feel happy, nervous, fulfilled. Nobody knows what’s coming in an hour or two or five. I’m just determined to be the best dad I can be. I went into surgery to receive a hand transplant – so now I can feel my baby daughter’s soft hair.”
Edit: ppl who are asking me how does it make him a great father sure your questions are right and the caption sure is faulty , as far as the story said he did risk he's life to save he's girlfriend and that does make him a good human being regardless of being a great father , this post was made just with the view that he is a happy human with his daughter and his now wife after surviving a tragedy , we sure don't know him at least we can wish good for him ,
And the once who are making some really stupid comments and thinking it's dark humour sorry it's not it's just making you looks stupid and this was not posted with the view of obtaining karma , I just felt this tory and needs to be shared
ssdgm6677 on June 22nd, 2020 at 15:08 UTC »
I'm from Rhode Island where the fire happened. It was fucking horrific. So many people I knew died that day. Glad to see he's doing well. Congratulations!
elbowmax15 on June 22nd, 2020 at 15:24 UTC »
Word to the wise I would be highly cautious of watching the station fire video, its horrifying.