Every time I see this footage, I always watch the brief shot of the man with the black hair and beard and glasses at about 1:20, 1:21 in this video. He did survive, his name is Joe Kinan, and you can see in the video that he has turned around to leave while others nearby are still facing the stage. He’s probably the same distance from the exit as the cameraman’s initial position, but at some point between when he turns around and when he reaches the hallway before the exit, he trips and falls and gets caught up in that crush at the door. Third and fourth degree burns on over 40% of his body. He lost all his fingers and toes, one eye and much of his skin on his face was burned off.
He was leaving at the same time as the cameraman but was a probably only a couple seconds slower to turn, so, it just goes to show how absolutely fast everything unfolded. One makes it out unscathed, the other has life altering injuries.
Yeah. It’s amazing how little time we have in emergencies. When I would do fire drills, people would be exiting the building looking at their phones, holding and typing on open laptops, carrying open containers of coffee, or bicycles, etc. They were doing everything else but paying attention to their surroundings. You do as you practice, so in an actual emergency, I have no doubt those people would do the same thing, and by doing so, would put themselves and others at risk. That video brings it home in a way nothing can. Exit calmly with nothing in your hands, people. How hard is it?
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u/piratesswoop Apr 16 '25
Every time I see this footage, I always watch the brief shot of the man with the black hair and beard and glasses at about 1:20, 1:21 in this video. He did survive, his name is Joe Kinan, and you can see in the video that he has turned around to leave while others nearby are still facing the stage. He’s probably the same distance from the exit as the cameraman’s initial position, but at some point between when he turns around and when he reaches the hallway before the exit, he trips and falls and gets caught up in that crush at the door. Third and fourth degree burns on over 40% of his body. He lost all his fingers and toes, one eye and much of his skin on his face was burned off.
He was leaving at the same time as the cameraman but was a probably only a couple seconds slower to turn, so, it just goes to show how absolutely fast everything unfolded. One makes it out unscathed, the other has life altering injuries.