Bangladesh 1,000 Dead Recall Triangle-to-Bhopal Tragedies

The death toll from the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh swelled to more than 1,000 workers, cementing its place among a grisly lineup of the world’s worst industrial disasters and reinforcing calls that the tragedy lead to lasting change.

The casualties in Bangladesh are greater than in the infamous Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in New York or the Texas City, Texas, ship explosion that ranks as the deadliest in the U.S., and move the collapse into a virtual tie with the worst such catastrophe in Europe.