RIT students who died in fire remembered as achievers-11/10/07	Article
	Seth Policzer, 21	RIT students' deaths in fire ruled accidental- Medical examiner won't say how the two young men died-11/14/07	Article
	November 9, 2007	Fireplace Triggered Fatal Upton Street Fire-11/21/07	Article
	Rochester Institute of Technology	Fire that killed 2 college students began in fireplace-11/21/07	Article
		Remembering R.I.T. Tragedy-11/9/08	Article
	Article Summaries and Excerpts Below	Does this need to happen to Seth and others?

RIT students who died in fire remembered as achievers

Gary Craig
Staff writer

November 10, 2007                     Top of  page                          Article

Reported that Rochester Institute of Technology students Seth Policzer and Syed Ali Turab lost their lives in a fire that destroyed much of the their shared residence.

The article provided the reaction of family and friends.

GCRAIG@DemocratandChronicle.com

Includes reporting by staff writers Victoria Freile, Chad Roberts, Ernst Lamothe Jr., Jeffrey Blackwell, Justina Wang, Jim Mandelaro and Brian Sharp.

RIT students' deaths in fire ruled accidental

 Medical examiner won't say how the two young men died

Victoria E. Freile                                      Top of  page
Staff writer

November 14, 2007

Reported that the deaths of Seth Policzer and Syed Ali Turab have been ruled accidental by the medical examiner.

VFREILE@DemocratandChronicle.com

FIreplace Triggered Fatal Upton Street Fire
Bud Lowell                                       Top of  page                                     Article

Reported that the fire had been determined to have started in a fireplace before it spread through a house.  It was also determined that both the young men had been drinking before the fire and would have been considered above the legal limit for driving.

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Fire that killed 2 college students began in fireplace

By BEN DOBBIN                                   Top of  page                    Article

Associated Press Writer

5:22 PM EST, November 21, 2007

ROCHESTER, N.Y.

Reported that the fire started in the fireplace did not have the typical metal base for such a purpose and included this quote from the local fire chief:
"While alcohol in this case may have had something to do with it, I don't think that's the whole lesson here and I hesitate to say that that's the root of this.  I think it makes a bad situation worse. Alcohol certainly didn't help this situation. It may have caused some unsafe behaviors."

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