Contemporary · South Asia · Disaster

2013

Rana Plaza collapse

April 24, 2013

A poorly built eight-story garment factory outside Dhaka collapsed onto the seamstresses making clothes for Western brands, killing more than 1,130 people, mostly young women earning a few dollars a day. Survivors were pulled from the concrete for weeks. The disaster forced an awkward conversation about the blood-cheap economics of fast fashion that mostly faded by next season.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before: October 9, 2012: Malala shot in Swat
After: April 25, 2015: Nepal earthquake

Before and after in Disaster

Before: December 14, 2012: Sandy Hook massacre
After: March 8, 2014: MH370 disappears

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Rana Plaza collapse