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February 1, 2007

Station: Bouncer says no one blocked the back door

Mario Giamei, a bouncer at The Station the night of the fire, told the grand jury that no one prevented patrons from escaping through a door behind the stage.

Q: You testified that you actually pushed Dan Biechele through the door, is that correct?

A: Yeah.

Q: I think your fear was that he was blocking the door?

A: He was -- he was looking up at the stage which I now presume that he was looking for Ty Longley but the whole band, he was kind of funneling them out, you know, pushing them through. He was looking at the stage. I said, "you've got to get out of this dooway" and I pushed him through it.

Q: But you're implying that he was trying to block people from exiting that door?

A. No. No. Nobody, nobody was near that doorway trying to block anybody. It was all a matter I think he was trying to find Ty Longley.

-- Journal staff writer Tom Mooney

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