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September 29, 2006

Station Fire: 'We tried to get out'

Gina Russo, fiancee of Alfred "Freddy" Crisostomi, made it out of The Station that night, with the help of the man she left behind.

"Freddy was an amazing man," she said.

"I want the court to know what Freddy did to save my life, and we tried to get out, but a bouncer stopped us at door. My entire world would be different had he not decided to play the big bouncer role and listen to his employer. That night has changed my world completely."

Russo said her children have suffered deeply and greatly from the fire's effects, and keep asking, "Why did we go to that stupid club?"

To Judge Darigan, Russo said, "You have done us a great disservice by not allowing us a trial. This is my life sentence."

Russo, who has undergone more than 40 surgeries for injuries she sustained in the fire, said, "I have to look at myself every single day. I cry for the life that should have been that I'll never get."

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