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Skip rizzo is doing more than helping servicemen and women fight their way back from posttraumatic stress. Hes saving lives by teaching troops to handle the horrors of war before they hit the battlefield. That is what earns him a spot on the next list. Im dr. Sanjay gupta, hope to see you back here next sunday. Its 2 30 p. M. In the east, 1 11 30 a. M. On the west coast. These are the top stories were following right now in the cnn newsroom. Tragic news out of brazil. At least 233 people have died in an Early Morning fire in a crowded nightclub in the city of santa maria. College students were jammed inside celebrating the end of their Summer Vacation when the blaze broke out about 2 00 in the morning. Lets go to rafael romo with the latest. Rafael, how did this fire start . There was a concert and part of the concert included using pyrotechnics and apparently part of the initial investigation points to the fact that it might have been started that way. There was insulation, there was
Its 5 p. M. On the east coast, 2 p. M. Out west. If you are just tuning in, thanks for joining us. Im Miguel Marquez in for fredricka whitfield. A tragic end to the summer in brazil. At least 233 people died, many of them College Students in an Early Morning fire at a crowded nightclub in the Southern City of santa maria. The students were celebrating the end of summer before heading back to classes on monday. How about this break out . There was a spectacular show at 2 00. Part of the show included pyrotechnics. The flames shooting up. They touched the foam, insulation foam on the ceiling and firefighters are saying this preliminarily, that might have been the cause of the fire. It spread throughout the building very, very fast, creating dense smoke. The place didnt have enough emergency exits. A lot of bodies were found in the restrooms. Why was that . One points, the emergency exits got blocked by people trying to get out of there, they got trampled. Authorities say security guards
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