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The most famous case involves public reaction to the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company on March 25, 1911, in which 146 women died.
--Ric Burns' 125-hour documentary series, New York . There were a few engaging features--the astonishing photographs, Robert Caro talking about Al Smith, John Tierney arguing that the workers at the Triangle shirtwaist factory could have just gotten other jobs instead of catching fire; they were only calling attention to themselves.