September 11th

On this day – 11th of September 2012 - over 200 workers were killed in factory fires.

For many people will 9/11 always be he day of the terror attacks in New York. However, this is not the only tragedy to have happen on this date. 11th of September is also the date when the fires in the garment factories in Bangladesh started, although a few years later. The first of the Bangladesh fires started in a small shoe factory north in the country. Just hours later started a second fire – this time in a much larger factory where workers ended up being trapped in the basement of the building with no way to escape. Over 200 workers were killed in the two fires.