Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110325:19:41:00
Stairwells were lock. the building had no sprinklers. the fire department arrived quickly, but its ladders were unable to reach the top floors of what was then a new high-rise. dozens were trappedear the windows and had to make a horrifying instant decision -- burn to death or jump. down came the bodies in a shower, burning, smoking, flaming bodies wrote eyewitness, a united press reporter. the city's grief was immeasurable. thousands of people came to this cemetery to bury 14 of the young viims underneath this memorial paid for by the ladies waist and dress mars union. it would be a galvanizi...