The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Explained: US History Review

[puckvoice]

The owners had to pay off the jury to get off. This should be a lesson to those jackals who preach "free market" where the bosses walk all over us. Nice work on this vital slice of history!

[professional.commentator]

I remember learning about this in my junior year in high school. It was one of the few lessons that stuck out to me and was just so depressing and crazy how all of this unfolded. I wonder if there's a movie about this.

[scottjones]

Sounds strange but growing up I remember a running joke in Bugs Bunny cartoons about a book called "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". I was at a garage sale one day and found this book. I recall reading it and it mentioning this fire.

[MariadeOro-qb]

What else can be said-greed for money as

[gsmith]

I'm a teacher and this has helped me better position this tragedy. Also, the doors opened inward. With the rush of girls to the doors they couldn't be opened. I think one of the new fire laws may be about doors opening outward? thank you!

[MySerpentine]

Stephen King wrote a short story that had Harris as a bureaucrat in Hell, dealing with someone from Goldman Sachs.

[ubermedic]

wow 7:30 this is like an early 9/11, :(

[Snupy]

La la la la la la la la la lalala! I always sing along!

[dankidaniel]

Republicans still would want any regulations, to them, this is just a cost of business

[bladeefan-tugp]

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[joecummings]

Your researches really sloppy you get a whole lot of the facts wrong