Triangle Factory FIRE, March 25, 1911 - Ladder 117 FDNY

On March 25, 1911, 147 victims of the Triangle Shirt Waist tragedy, the largest part of them young girls, either crashed to death in panic stricken leaps from ledges 100 feet above the ground or, were trapped within the building, having no way of opening the doors that had been locked to prevent theft.

This Salmonese production shows a reenactment of the tragic events and history behind the Fire.

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• FDNY
• Ladder
• 117

[SOFunnyBFs]

thats not the real footage of the Triangle Fire is it? Did they even have cameras back then?

[nyfirebuff]

Its not real footage of the fire, but the footage you see is from 1908 and is of the FDNY. You should read up on Thomas Edison and his invention of the motion picture camera.

[RadioReporter01]

L 117 was the house the guy used by Bush on the pile was from.

One day they made an amazing rescue that I told them to make. To this day I don't know what made me do what I did but it was a Chinese family overlooked in the searches that I demanded they go back and look again because I found an electronic address book in Chinese in the street

A comment someone made to me as I arrived caused me to think they were still inside and they were.

Airlifted to the hyperbaric chamber in the BX

[nyfirebuff]

Yeah the guy on the pile next to George Bush worked at TL117, his name is Bobby Beck.

[DevonteThatDon]

So the people in the triangle had no choice but to either die in the fire or jump out the window.(Just like in the towers of the WTC) The triangle shirtwaist was the worst fires in new york history before what occured with the world trade center. Notice if you mix up the numbers of the year from when the triangle shirtwaist had occurded you come up with 1911....9/11/1 weird how the 2 fire disasters in history in new york had a connection with the Triangle year and the WTC terrorist attack date.

[Highjocker116]

there are loads of things coinciding with 2001 "terrorist" attack , Triangle , Women origins , 147 victims , 1911 etc etc , waisted lives again ...

[MaryRielly]

@bandgeek2560 Those were my thoughts as well - couldn't watch past the first 30 seconds.

[bandgeek2560]

This is a disgusting and tasteless video of an American tragedy. Terrible song choice, especially for what you're trying to reenact.

[kelly806]

Poor guy at 10:54 looks like he was trying to get back on

[themooseisontheloose]

i agree this fire became the start of the OSHA and fire prevention laws that are still in effect today

[hokeypokeynokie]

it's amazing to me how these people do not get out of the way or stop to give plenty of room to the emergency vehicles. East coast versus West coast I guess.

[irishfatty233]

my cousin is now a firemen at that station ladder 117

[NYCPANCAKES]

I figured it wasn't real footage of the fire. I think you have your inventors wrong, it was Lumiere. In 1895, Lumiere and his brother were the first to present projected, moving, photographic, pictures to a paying audience of more that one person. Edison gets far too much credit than he deserves,lol. I know he "improved" the technique. In 1891, the Edison company successfully demonstrated the Kinetoscope, which enabled one person at a time to view moving pictures.

[NYCPANCAKES]

This is an...interesting clip (documentary). Too bad its riddled with pretentious recordings and the stupid rock music in the beginning (tasteless). Cute though, nice try.