Missy Minor, survivor of the Station Club fire in West Warwick, holds her infant daughter Mara Jade while recuperating at Rhode Island Hospital
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From a series of images culled by Borchers for a slideshow of her work. Camera caption: "With her bandaged hand, Missy squeezes her daughter Mara Jade's fingers as they sit on the couch with her husband John--whose arm is around the baby at right. Missy Minor who escaped The Station nightclub fire, but was burned severely on her arms and face. Spent three weeks recovering in Rhode Island Hospital. She lives in West Warwick with her husband John, and three month old daughter Mara Jade, and three-year-old son Anakan (ck. spelling). She recalls the night of the fire in an interview. The Station Club fire in West Warwick, which killed at least 96 and injured about 150, was believed to have been started when the band that was playing, Great White, set off pyrotechnics at the beginning of their performance on Thursday evening February 20, 2003."
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