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  • 10
    May
    2013
    8:13am, EDT

    Miracle rescue as woman is pulled alive from Bangladesh rubble after 16 days

    EPA

    Rescuers pull out a female survivor, Reshma, alive 16 days after the Rana Plaza building collapsed, in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 10, 2013. The death toll from last month's collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.

    By Ian Johnston and Sohel Uddin, NBC News

    A survivor was pulled alive from the ruins of an eight-story factory in Bangladesh on Friday, 16 days after it collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people.

    The woman was found trapped in the remains of the building and given water and food as rescuers tried to reach her. Rescuers stopped using heavy machinery on the site during the delicate operation, according to Bangladesh’s Daily Star newspaper.

    Continue reading.

    PhotoBlog: Ever-present danger looms for Bangladeshi workers

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    Reuters

    Workers rescue a woman from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, in Savar, on May 10, 2013.

    A woman has been rescued from the deadly building collapse in Bangladesh after more than 16 days. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    2 comments

    When nothing works in Islamic hell hole, whatever is done can become a miracle. Even the building collapse is an indicator of lowest levels of morality in Bangladesh. Here poor and helpless like females, minorities get hurt most!

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  • 6
    May
    2013
    4:17pm, EDT

    Heavy machinery brought in on search for bodies of victims in Bangladesh garment factory collapse

    Photos by Ismail Ferdous / AP

    Workers and army personnel work to clear the site and recover bodies from the rubble of a garment factory collapse May 6, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The death toll from the collapse of the shoddily built building on April 24 continued its horrifying climb, reaching at least 630 on Monday with little sign of what the final toll will be.

    A sick girl remains at the site, waiting for news of her missing father, as workers and army personnel clear the site and recover bodies on Monday.

    Reuters reported on Saturday:

    Bangladesh on Saturday urged the European Union not to take tough measures against its economically crucial textile industry in response to the collapse of a garment factory that killed more than 600 people.

    Bodies were still being pulled from the ruins on Saturday as tearful families stood by waiting for news of victims of the country's worst industrial accident.

    Related PhotoBlog posts

    • Protesters demand justice for victims of building collapse in Bangladesh
    • Trapped garment worker rescued from rubble of collapsed factory building after three days
    • Search for survivors continues in Bangladeshi building collapse
    • Desperate attempts to rescue garment workers after building collapses in Bangladesh

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  • 24
    Apr
    2013
    9:07am, EDT

    Desperate attempts to rescue garment workers after building collapses in Bangladesh

    Munir Uz Zaman / AFP - Getty Images

    Bangladeshi garment workers help evacuate a survivor using rolls of fabric as a slide to evacuate people from the rubble after the building collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh on April 24.

    A.M. Ahad / AP

    People and rescuers gather after an eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 24

    A.M. Ahad / AP

    A man who was trapped in an collapsed eight-story building housing several garment factories is reccued in Savar, Bangladesh, April 24.

    Abir Abdullah / EPA

    Civilians rescue an injured garment worker during a rescue operation after the eight-story Rana Plaza building collapsed at Savar, Bangladesh, April 24.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    People mourn for their relatives, who were working in the Rana Plaza building when it collapsed, in Savar, Bangladesh, April 24.

    By John Chalmers, Reuters

    DHAKA, Bangladesh -- An eight-story block housing factories and a shopping center collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing almost 100 people and injuring hundreds, officials said.

    Firefighters and army personnel worked frantically through the morning at the Rana Plaza building in Savar, 19 miles outside Dhaka, to rescue people trapped inside.

    One firefighter told Reuters that about 2,000 people were in the building when the upper floors jolted down on top of each other. Continue reading.

    Around 100 people have been killed in the collapse of an eight-story block housing factories. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

     

    3 comments

    Those poor people. The American sweat shops of years past. Heads are going to roll for this, as officials said they were warned not to occupy the building because of cracks. Life to some in that nation is evidently very cheap.

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  • 30
    Nov
    2012
    2:34pm, EST

    Survivors of Bangladesh factory fire tell their story

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Sabita Rani, 35, sits in her kitchen in Savar, Bangladesh, Nov. 30, 2012. Rani, an operator at the Tazreen Fashions garment factory, escaped the fire that killed more than 100 workers on Nov. 24. According to Rani, the factory manager did not let workers escape after hearing the fire bell, but Rani jumped from the third floor to save herself after her colleagues managed to break a window.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Tahera Begum, 25, lies inside her room in Savar, Bangladesh, Nov. 30. Begum is an operator at the Tazreen Fashions garment factory. Begum became mentally ill and lost her memory after escaping a factory fire on Nov. 24, according to Begum's husband.

    The Daily Star has written about Begum here

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    • Protests and burials in Bangladesh for garment factory workers
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    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Harun-or-Rashid, 24, sits with his wife Reshma, left, 20, inside their room in Savar, Bangladesh, Nov. 30. Harun and Reshma escaped the Tazreen Fashions garment factory fire that killed more than 100 workers on Nov. 24. According to Reshma, the factory's workers rarely performed fire drills. Reshma broke her right leg after jumping from the third floor to escape the fire. Harun said they will leave their job and return to their hometown in Munshiganj.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Ale Noor, 35, sits inside her room in Savar, Bangladesh, Nov. 30. Noor is an operator at the Tazreen Fashions garment factory. According to Noor, she broke her left leg after jumping from the fourth floor to escape a factory fire on Nov. 24. Noor earns 3,000 Taka, about $37, per month, but says the factory's workers have had to protest to receive pay each month as the factory's management never paid salaries on time.

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    3 comments

    It is absolutely heartbreaking the death toll and consequences these poor women and men must live with because of the greed and lack of morals corporations, owners, and managers have. To think victims were ordered by managers to return to their work after fire alarms sounded, exit doors were then lo …

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  • 27
    Nov
    2012
    9:20am, EST

    Protests and burials in Bangladesh for garment factory workers

    Khurshed Rinku / AP

    Bangladeshis prepare to bury the bodies of some of the victims of Saturday's fire in a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 27.

    Abir Abdullah / EPA

    Women and children gather to attend a mass funeral at Jurain cemetery, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 27.

    AFP - Getty Images

    Trucks transport the bodies of some of the victims of a deadly fire in a garment factory, prior to burial at a graveyard in Dhaka on Nov. 27.

    Abir Abdullah / EPA

    People pray before the burial of the unclaimed bodies of fire victims at a mass funeral in Jurain, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 27.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Workers bury the body of an unidentified garment worker at a graveyard in Dhaka Nov. 27.

    Abir Abdullah / EPA

    Garment workers shout slogans as they attend a mourning procession for the workers killed in the Ashlia fire accident in Dhaka, Bangladesh Nov. 27.

    Bangladesh held a day of mourning Tuesday for at least 111 people killed over the weekend in a garment factory fire. Labor groups demonstrated against dangerous factory conditions to demand better worker safety in an industry notorious for operating in firetraps.  The government, which now says the fire was a result of arson, handed over the bodies of 52 unidentified workers after DNA samplings, to Anjuman Mofidul Islam (a social organization) for burial. Bangladesh is the world’s second biggest clothes exporter, behind China.  

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    How simply horrifying that this was the deliberate act of an arsonist. Whoever did this despicable act has got to be the lowest form of human life. To have the blood of so many people on their hands, knowing the suffering they caused to so many victims, and those who were injured, the families which …

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  • 25
    Nov
    2012
    3:25pm, EST

    More than 100 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Members of the police inspect the garment factory after a devastating fire in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 25. A fire swept through Tazreen Fashion factory killing more than 100 people in the country's worst-ever factory blaze.

    Witnesses said the workers, mostly women, ran for safety as the fire engulfed the plant, but were unable to come out through narrow exits.

    "Many jumped out from the windows and were injured, or died on the spot," said Milon, a resident. "We are appalled to see the charred bodies coming out of the factory since last night. It was an endless stream."

    -- Reported by NBC News wire services

    Read the full story.

    Jibon Amir / AP

    A Bangladeshi woman cries as she claims the body of her relative killed in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nov. 25.

    Abir Abdullah / EPA

    Village women cover their noses to avoid smell of the burnt bodies as they gather near the ground where the bodies are kept for identification.

    Polash Khan / AP

    Bangladeshi people identify the bodies of their relatives.

    Hasan Raza / AP

    Bangladeshi firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh, late Saturday, Nov. 24.

    A fire blew through an eight-story clothing factory in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh on Saturday night. The factory made products for Walmart and other U.S. companies. NBC's Kate Snow has more.

     

    1 comment

    This is one tragedy that should never have occurred. If those who had contracted for such workers, would have simply invested in constructing the building to ensure it met safety standards, these workers would never had died. If any fire would have started, the workers could have safely left the bui …

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