Blackjack Dealer, Survivor Of R.I. Club - 2004-01-26
Almost one year ago, Bill Long lay in a Rhode Island hospital, his hands a painful mass of black blisters, in need of skin grafts.
The former North Syracuse resident had escaped from the deadly fire at The Station, a nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., where 100 people died and at least 200 were injured when pyrotechnics started a fire during a concert by the heavy metal band Great White.
Long - the manager for a band that was touring with Great White - suffered second- and third-degree burns on his hands, wrists and back. He worried that he might never be able to use his hands again.
Long is working a job where having sure, fast hands is a requirement. He is a blackjack dealer at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Conn.
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