The Triangle Factory Fire

As a onlooker to tragedy at the Triangle Factory, I am mortified. This should have NEVER happened! Everyone is trying to shrug off the blame of all these deaths but really it is all our faults. Nobody can deny that. Everyone that has ever strolled by that factory knew it wasn't safe. We knew it was jam packed with people even children and that if anything ever happened they would all be done for! But what did we do about it? Nothing. This is why I say that we need to speed of the process of change before anything like this ever happens again. We must band together and dedicate ourselves to making sure the survivors, the families of the victims and everyone else for that matter never have to feel like they are in danger at work. Children shouldn't even be working at that age. We must make buildings safer and the safety standards higher. In a positive light, this tragedy could be looked upon as a good thing. Now people know what can happen if you condone safety regulations and pack factories until no one can move. Now people know what will happen when there are inadequate fire trucks and fire escapes. Now every one has learned their lesson and now is this time to change what desperately needs to be changed.

The Triangle Factory Fire ties into the Progressive Era because it encouraged people to change the working conditions and safety of factories and work places. They wanted the government to be more involved in making safety regulations and outlawing child labor. The Fire was just one of the many catalysts of the Progressive Era.