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Barry Vogel, Host of Radio Curious interviews David Von Drehle, author of "Triangle, The Fire That Changed America."
As sweatshop workers were preparing to go home in the late afternoon of a sunny spring day in 1911, a fire erupted in the Triangle shirtwaist factory in Greenwich Village. Within minutes the fire, which was not reachable by fire-ladder, trapped and killed 146 people, mostly recent immigrants. People on the street watched in horror as many jumped to their deaths. This remained the worst workplace diaster in New York until September 11.
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Barry Vogel, Host of Radio Curious interviews David Von Drehle, author of "Triangle, The Fire That Changed America." As sweatshop workers were preparing to go home in the late afternoon of a sunny spring day in 1911, a fire erupted in the Triangle shirtwaist factory in Greenwich Village. Within minutes the fire, which was not reachable by fire-ladder, trapped and killed 146 people, mostly recent immigrants. People on the street watched in horror as many jumped to their deaths. This remained the worst workplace diaster in New York until September 11.
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Review of Triangle, The Fire That Changed America
Very interesting conversation about a pivotal moment in U.S. history. This horrific fire fueled the first major domestic policy changes of 20th Century, all enacted during the New Deal. And until 9/11, this was the most devastating largescale NY City tragedy on record. It's timely for that reason and because of the current administration's attempts to retract so much of what the New Deal accomplished. That it's a phoner is unfortunate, despite being well-recorded, just because of the grating-ness of phone line recording. Vogel asks good questions and allows the author to fully answer without jumping in to move him along, and that's a good thing. sl