Wednesday, July 20, 2011

In rememberance of Sarah Brodsky

Sisters,
This blog is just to imagine what it must've been like to had walked in Sarah Brodsky's shoes that Saturday morning, March 25, 1911 when she started her day. 
What were her plans for the rest of that day? What were her plans for the rest of that weekend?
Was there a suitor, she was looking forward to seeing later?
What were her hopes, dreams, & aspirations?
Did she have a diary?
Did she plan a vacation? 
Maybe, she looked forward to tallying her savings from her meager wages, and was hoping to go home for a mini vacation.
Was she looking forward to stopping at the market, after work, to pick up staples, or an ingredient for her evening meal.
Maybe she couldn't wait for the day to be over, when she crossed the threshold of the entrance to The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that day.
And then...
What were her thoughts when she smelled the smoke, heard the clamor of noises from fire engines, horns blowing, people screaming and shouting, that fateful Saturday afternoon?
I'm sure she never imagined, the thought never entered her mind, that on that day, March 25, 1911, that she would forever be a part of history
 And, I wonder, who was on the mind of that young woman, Sarah Brodsky, on that dreadful Saturday afternoon.
Let's always remember Sarah Brodsky and the other 145 people who perished in one of the worst catastrophes in U.S. history at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on Saturday, March 25, 1911.
Sister Y

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