In the 1911 Triangle Waist Company fire that killed 146 people, Engine Companies #72 and #33 and Hook and Ladder Company #20 responded to the late afternoon alarm. The factory occupied floors 8 through 10 of the Asch Building in New York City’s Greenwich Village, but the ladder could not reach beyond the 6th floor and the hoses could not shoot high enough either. Nets held by firemen tore from the weight of the falling bodies, which also fell on the firemen, spooking their horses. Read more about the tragic fire and one survivor in Tazia and Gemma (see NOVELS).
