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On March 25, 114 years ago, a New York City factory fire killed 146 workers. The dead included my Great Aunt Fannie Lansner.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire killed my paternal grandfather’s sister, a 21-year-old immigrant from Lithuania. A forewoman at the clothing factory, she died after helping coworkers escape, leaping out an eighth-floor window to escape flames and smoke overwhelming those unable to flee.