Sooo it's the 103rd anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
I've written about it before, so I hesitate to rehash that information, but just let it be known A HUNDRED AND THREE YEARS LATER, that those girls and those few gentlemen did not die in vain. That New York's fire codes and unions got so much stronger after Triangle. That the people who died on March 25, 1911 are remembered every year in a highly visual, vibrant, and moving way at Greene and Washington. And that New York is still trying to make it up to them. It's still horrified that there were no sprinklers. There was no adequate fire escape. No exit routes. A locked door. No fire ladders tall enough to reach the ninth floor. No way of saving the girls who were so close people on the street could see their faces before they jumped.
These women and March 25th are important. And they are going to continue to be remembered.
I've written about it before, so I hesitate to rehash that information, but just let it be known A HUNDRED AND THREE YEARS LATER, that those girls and those few gentlemen did not die in vain. That New York's fire codes and unions got so much stronger after Triangle. That the people who died on March 25, 1911 are remembered every year in a highly visual, vibrant, and moving way at Greene and Washington. And that New York is still trying to make it up to them. It's still horrified that there were no sprinklers. There was no adequate fire escape. No exit routes. A locked door. No fire ladders tall enough to reach the ninth floor. No way of saving the girls who were so close people on the street could see their faces before they jumped.
These women and March 25th are important. And they are going to continue to be remembered.
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