Film on youngest fire victim to air

(FOX Providence) - The mother of the youngest victim in the Station Nightclub Fire talks about her loss, and later this week PBS will air the documentary on her son's shortened life.

Some would say that Nick O'Neil refuses to let this be the last time we saw him.

"When this fire happened I couldn't even believe the sun came up the next day,"said Nick's mom, Joanne O'Neill.

The sun did come up, and the young artist lived on. Even before, a play Nick wrote was put on stage by his family. This was before his brother Christian O'Neil and Christian deRezendes of Breaking Branches Pictures created the documentary '41.'

"Impossible for me to look at this movie objectively but it's absolutely beautiful," said Joanne.

There were signs. The number 41 appeared everywhere. Once, during a musical surprise involving a Mother's Day gift from Nick's brother.

"That musical horse right there, Mother's Day after the fire, (it) started playing by itself at 9:41."

There are also twinkling lights.

"Just as I walk by. I walk under the lights. They flicker. Then it stops. And I know he's just checking in."

While Walt Buteau and his photographer John Villella were taping another story about Nick, an unexplainable single word, "action" was caught on tape.

"I thought that was clearly something Nick would do. I could clearly hear action."

Dave Kane, who is Nick's dad joined The Rhode Show to talk more 41 the movie.

Watch the attached clip to hear from Nick's mom Joanne, and to learn more about the movie from Dave Kane.

"41: The Movie" is airing Wednesday, November 18 at 8 p.m. on Rhode Island PBS.

Click here if you'd like to see the trailer for the film.