Happy Land Social Club Fire
Happy land Social Club Happy Land was a great place for the poor individuals living in that area at the time. The place had cheap drinks and everyone came there for fun. People from the Bronx would come here on the weekends to party and celebrate. People from the area would always end up here. Then on March 25, 1990, one of New York’s worst fire disasters took 87 lives in only minutes. This was one of the worst fires in 79 years since the hotel fire killing 97 people. Happy land Social Club was an illegal place where people in the Bronx can feel at home or a place to be on a Saturday night. Was located in the Bronx in New York City on East Tremont Avenue. The Building was made of red bricks it was 22 feet wide and 58 feet deep. There were only 2
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The mayor was horrified that this club was shut down due to building code violations. The Mayor knows he failed the city knowing that the lives of these 87 people could have been avoided. After Gonzalez started the fire, he stayed around and watched for a little and took the bus home. Although, Gonzalez is a tough man that in anger and spontaneously setting a fire at the club broke down because he realized what he had done and regrets his actions. Once arriving to his apartment, he knocked on his neighbor’s door and began to break down crying to his neighbor. Where he confessed and stated he had problems in Happy Land and killed Lydia. When confessing to his neighbor, his neighbor didn’t believe him because he smelled like booze, he told Gonzalez to go to sleep which Gonzalez did. Meanwhile, at the police department, they now hear the news about 80 people died in a fire. The police department started their investigation and began to interview witnesses. They interview 30 witnesses all saying things about the fire until a story started to
The mayor was horrified that this club was shut down due to building code violations. The Mayor knows he failed the city knowing that the lives of these 87 people could have been avoided. After Gonzalez started the fire, he stayed around and watched for a little and took the bus home. Although, Gonzalez is a tough man that in anger and spontaneously setting a fire at the club broke down because he realized what he had done and regrets his actions. Once arriving to his apartment, he knocked on his neighbor’s door and began to break down crying to his neighbor. Where he confessed and stated he had problems in Happy Land and killed Lydia. When confessing to his neighbor, his neighbor didn’t believe him because he smelled like booze, he told Gonzalez to go to sleep which Gonzalez did. Meanwhile, at the police department, they now hear the news about 80 people died in a fire. The police department started their investigation and began to interview witnesses. They interview 30 witnesses all saying things about the fire until a story started to