Alvaro Llano and his Boland Hall roommate Shawn Simons, both 18 at the time, had only known each other for five months the morning a fire was set inside their dorm by two of their classmates.

they may be going into facilities and residence halls that do not have fire sprinklers," Simons said. Every year, Seton Hall holds a remembrance Mass for the survivors and those who perished in ...