The tenth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. after the deadly blaze that killed 146 factory workers
By Philip Rosenbaum
(CNN) — Three stories of a ten-floor building at the corner of Greene Street and Washington Place were burned yesterday, and while the fire was going on 141 young men and women — at least 125 of them mere girls — were burned to death or killed by jumping to the pavement below.” — The New York Times, March 26, 1911
David Von Drehle, author of “Triangle: The Fire That Changed America,” an award-winning history widely considered the definitive text on the event, spoke to CNN’s Philip Rosenbaum about the fire’s profound impact and how its place in U.S. history grows by the year.
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PHILIP ROSENBAUM 
I remember watching a documentary on this when I was very young. It was terrifying to see the people jumping to their deaths to avoid a more painful death by fire. It was an image that stuck with me.