If the building you were in started catching on fire, would you jump out of a window or would you burn to death? Some people would say jump, but what if the building was ten stories tall, would you still jump? You might think that this is the worst case scenario, but this actually happened in real life. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory caught on fire killing and injuring many of the workers. Isaac Harris and Max Blanck were the owners of the factory. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory was located on the top three floors of the Asch Building, which was located, on the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street, in Manhattan. The factory caught on fire on March 25, 1911. The fire killed around one hundred forty-five workers
