Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Lessons May Be Lost 100 Years Later

The Lessons Of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire May Be Lost 100 Years Later

Screams of "Don't jump!" echoed through the canyons of tall buildings. More than 50 bodies littered the streets surrounding 23 Washington Place, so many that New York City's firetrucks were unable to get close enough to raise their ladders. Even if they had, the ladders from nearby Company 20 were too short to reach the eighth, ninth or 10th floors of the burning Triangle Shirtwaist Co. factory.

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