With the hundredth anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire fast approaching, we cats would just like to say that The New York Times has done an outstanding job covering the event. From the fire itself to its influence on labor rights to a history of women's shirtwaists, The Times' writing, reporting and editing have all been commendable.
We cats will refrain from making obvious remarks that dead teenagers on New York's 1911 sidewalks represent the fruits of deregulation. Good heavens, we don't have to go back 100 years — all we have to do is trot out pictures of the Deepwater Horizon inferno to make that point.
Instead, we'd like to take this opportunity — especially, post-September 11, 2001 — to observe the Triangle anniversary as a salute to the resiliency of New York. As an NYU student observed outside the Triangle building today: "I guess it’s like all of New York. It has a lot of history and you can’t really escape, and our place of learning is in that place.”
To paraphrase Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson, we love this town.
(PHOTO: Eric Michael Johnson, The New York Times)
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