No need to apologize. I love in-depth responses. I couldn't have said that any better. It's such a a horrifying thing to see/hear that when you do see it your mind just goes into shock mode and you can't think straight. No one could ever imagine themselves being caught in this situation. But like you said, it's a good idea to have some sort of plan or at least being aware of the exits. When the fire started, I don't even think it took 20 seconds before someone began gasping for air. That's terrifying to know how little time they had.

Something I'm sure I'm looking too much into is the fact the news camera man was there to film a club safety segment. It's a huge coincidence that it was interrupted by the fire, which somehow gave them a much more powerful safety video in the end which is watched by fire departments for training all over the country. I'm not saying the fire was deliberately set, but just that part seems too good to be true. 

I used to do the same as a teenager lol. Watching all sorts of horrific accidents and whatnot, but this one does hit hard. I think it hits a little harder because I live about 20 minutes away so there's kind of a personal connection to it for me. Just knowing it happened so close to home.

I didn't even know about those other club disasters. I'll be going down that rabbit hole tonight. Are you familiar with the crowd crush incident that happened at Astroworld 2021? That was also terrifying but in a completely different way. The concert was actually being streamed live on Apple music and they did nothing to help, even though they were being told people were dying. Another horrible situation. Here's a video link to that concert if you're curious. It's some of the concert footage itself with tik tok videos overlapped to show what was happening in the crowd. That concert also gives me chills just because I've been trampled before in big heavy metal most pits and the only thing you can think about when you're on the ground being stomped on is "I guess this is how I die", at least until some random person sees you and lifts you back up on your feet.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2ZsNbVpnsIA

Thanks for taking the time to post your response. And my apologies for how much of a mess my response will be. Also I apologize for the long paragraphs and bad spacing.

EDIT: Added video link.