To ensure a safer, more comfortable future for all, we need better buildings.
An apartment fire broke out on Sunday in the Bronx and killed 19 people, including nine children younger than 16. It was the deadliest New York fire in
of the 19-story building, including many in cardiac and respiratory arrest. In addition to the deaths, more than 60 people were injured and 13 were hospitalized.of his decision to stay in his 12th floor apartment with his pregnant wife and two children, despite being asthmatic. “There was too much smoke in the hallways, there was no way I was gonna leave my apartment and make it from the 12th floor to the first floor and live.
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