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Buffalo State’s Student Success and Residence Life offices present After the Fire: A True Story of Heroes & Cowards, a documentary based on two survivors of a residential fire at Seton Hall University, on Friday, October 3, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Sports Arena. This event will feature a screening of the film and an audience and speaker Q&A after the film. Fire survivors Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos will be present to answer questions.

On January 19, 2000, Seton Hall University made national news when an arson fire raced through a freshman dorm, killing three students and injuring 58 others. Two of the most critically burned survivors were freshman roommates Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos. Lying in a coma, Simons and Llanos were unaware that a journalist and a photographer were documenting every event in their fight for survival. After the Fire proceeds from the devastating fire through the victims' grueling medical treatment to their return to the same school where their ordeal began.

This program is open to students, faculty, and staff at Buffalo State as well as those interested in the Buffalo community. This event is designed to initiate awareness and promote continuous conversations about fire safety issues on campus. All new residential students are mandated to attend.