Remember Rana Plaza

Expand Relatives of victims killed in Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013, mourn at the site during the fourth anniversary of the collapse in Savar, on the outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 24, 2017. © 2017 Reuters / Mohammad Ponir Hossain Five years ago, the world watched in horror when an eight-story building collapsed in Bangladesh, trapping and killing over 1,100 people employed by garment factories. Rescue workers struggled valiantly for days to save lives, but for most, it was too late. It was an unforgettable tragedy, but an avoidable one. Workers at Rana Plaza were forced…

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