On March 25, 1911, a catastrophic fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City. Trapped inside the upper floors of a ten-story building, 146 workers - mostly young immigrant women and teenage girls - were burned alive or forced to jump to their deaths to escape an inferno that consumed the factory in just 18 minutes. It was the worst disaster at a workplace in New York State until 9/11. The tragedy changed the course of history, paving the way for government to represent working people, not just business, for the first time, and helped an emerging American middle class to live the American Dream.
Recommendations
view all
Black Sheep
The Walking Dead: The Return
American Factory
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Collapse
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
Directed by John Ford
Making Squid Game: The Challenge
Beyond the Mat
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Seduced and Abandoned
The True Cost
Girl Model
Doc of the Dead
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Roger & Me
The Class of ‘92