"When people told him it was a deathtrap, he would laugh"

Althouse has links on the "Ghost Ship" fire.

An excerpt:

Some dude who had already gotten out stood right by the exit with all the billowing smoke and was repeatedly yelling "this is the exit" "exit." I can say without a doubt that that dude saved my life. If he wasn't there yelling I would have never found the exit and I probably would have died.