Tommy Medeiros - West Warwick, Rhode Island
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Tommy Medeiros of Coventry, Rhode Island, was among the 100 people who died from a February 20, 2003, fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, RI. A stone bench is dedicated to him at The Station Memorial Park which now occupies the site.
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Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2022
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Tommy Medeiros of Coventry, Rhode Island, was among the 100 people who died from
The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island, on February 20, 2003.
A stone bench is dedicated in his honor at the center of the memorial park now on the property. The curved seat is made of polished gray granite. An engraved message on the top face of the seat reads:
IN HONOR OF
TOMMY MEDEIROS
FOREVER RUNNING WITH THE ANGELS
ETERNALLY RUNNING IN OUR HEARTS
LABOR DAY MEMORIAL 5K
The Boston Globe newspaper maintains an online list of "Portraits" for all the victims.
Thomas Medeiros was a family man. But with no wife or children of his own, he lavished his love on 12 nieces and nephews, six brothers and sisters, and his mother and father, all of whom lived near each other outside Providence.
"He put his family above all else," said Andrea Silva, a niece. "He is a wonderful, thoughtful, hard-working man, who did everything he could for his family and for people who needed him."
When a brother-in-law died unexpectedly of a heart attack several years ago, Medeiros, 40, moved to Coventry, where his sister lived, so she would not be alone.
The Medeiros family is a large, close-knit clan that moved to West Warwick, R.I., from Portugal 36 years ago.
When they learned that Medeiros and his girlfriend, Lori Durante of West Warwick, were among the missing, the family gathered to grieve together.
"We're just devastated. To me, he was more than an uncle," said another niece, Nicole Fusco, 19. "There are no words. He was the best. The best."
By Eun Lee Koh
Source: The Boston Globe