The Winecoff fire led to new building codes requiring multiple fire exits. Thirty of the youths perished in the blaze, ![]() Hamil had been at the Winecoff because he was tagging along with his father, an adviser to students who’d traveled to Atlanta for a mock legislative program at the state Capitol. "She was preparing to jump, but Daddy told her, ’No, not until we have to, we won’t do that," he said. ![]() ![]() Richard Hamil, who was 9-years-old when he was trapped in the blaze, told the Associated Press in 2016 that he was blinded by the thick smoke and stumbled through the "absolute chaos" into a female guest's room. Fire At Winecoff Hotel In Atlanta On December 1946 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
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