Nicholas O'Neill ( January 28 , 1985 - February 20 , 2003 ) was the youngest of the 100 victims of The Station nightclub fire , which occurred in West Warwick , Rhode Island . He had turned 18 in January of that year . His life and work as a writer , actor and musician has been memorialized by the documentary '' 41 ( film ) '' , the independent feature film '' They Walk Among Us '' ( based on a play of the same name written by Nicholas ) , and in the book '' 41 Signs of Hope '' . Another screenplay adaptation of '' They Walk Among Us '' has been written by novelist Jon Land , and there have been numerous stage productions of the play , including a New York City production in 2008 ( 10 ) . '' 41 '' is based on the thesis that Nicholas may have somehow foreseen his own death , as suggested by his various documented writings . The film ( including the extra material featured on the DVD ) includes interviews with , among others , Land , radio host Dave Kane ( Nicholas ' father ) , writer Ann Hood , medium Robert Brown , and University of Arizona afterlife researcher Gary Schwartz
The Station nightclub fire
The Station nightclub fire
Nicholas O'Neill (writer)