I remember hearing about The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire when I was in middle school which made me sad. I found this tragedy sad simply because it was something that could have been prevented from the start. The first thing that I didn’t like was that 500 people (who were mainly young immigrant women) worked around 11-12 hours per day and the pay they received per hour wasn’t the best. Another thing that angered me was that the exit door could only open inward but even so, management ended up always locking it so they couldn’t leave through that exit as well. If management wouldn’t have locked that door perhaps fewer lives would’ve been lost. If management has also done a monthly check on the water hose, perhaps that fire could have also have been turned off. There are so many what-ifs and maybes that can be applied here but sadly, they weren’t thought of or considered. The working conditions these women were put through were very poor. And it’s sad to say, but if it wasn’t for this incident, there wouldn’t have been a change done. It was due to this incident that many factories started installing sprinklers in case of fire. Yet although this incident took place, working conditions now around the world are still not the best.