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New York City, March 25, 1911.
1911年3月25日，纽约市
4:45 p.m.The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, 8th Floor.
下午4时45分，三角女式衬衫厂，8楼
260 girls work here--most of them teenagers.
260名女工在此工作，大多数是十几岁的女孩
Someone-- we don't know who--tosses a match or maybe a cigarette into the scrap bin.
不知道是谁往废布桶里不知道是扔了根火柴还是香烟
Eva Harris, a seamstress, smells burning.
制衣女工伊娃·哈里斯闻到了焦味
There's a fire, Mr. Bernstein.
有东西烧着了，伯恩斯坦先生
Production manager Samuel Bernstein grabs one of the three fire pails... but the fire is already spreading.
生产经理塞缪尔·伯恩斯坦一把抓来全部三只消防桶中的一只，但火势已蔓延开来
There's a mad dash for the exit, but it is too narrow.
人们拼命地奔向出口，但它太狭窄了
Only one at a time can pass through.
一次只能允许一个人通过
It's been designed that way so their bags can be checked for stolen fabric.
它被有意设计成此以便检查女工的包里是否藏有偷来的布料
There's a fire hose...but it's not working.
厂房里有根消防水管，但无法使用
There's no water!
里面没水
The only way to warn the floors above is through the switchboard two floors up, on the tenth floor.
现在能通知楼上的唯一办法就是呼叫两层楼以上,位于10楼的电话总台
Hello, switchboard?Tenth floor.Fire, there's a fire.Put me through to the ninth floor!
喂，是总台吗? 这里是10楼，火，着火了，帮我接9楼
She drops the phone and runs to get help.
她扔下电话,跑出去求救
The message never reaches the ninth floor.
9楼的人一直没有收到火灾警报
Samuel Bernstein races up the main stairs to help the 160 workers trapped there.
塞缪尔·伯恩斯坦匆忙沿主楼梯往楼上跑，一心想解救被围困的160名工人
But blocking the front door, there's a barrel of motor oil.
但一只装着机油的桶抵住了前门
On the ninth floor, flames are already shooting through the walls and windows.
在9楼，火舌已经透过墙和窗向里喷射
The girls on nine rush to the fire escape, but it's locked.
9楼女工争相跑向防火通道，但门已上锁
Only two escape routes are left on the ninth floor: the elevator and the metal fire escape.
现在9楼只剩下两条逃生通道，电梯和金属防火梯
Kate Weiner makes it to the elevator door,but she's lost her sister.
凯特·韦纳好不容易挤到了电梯门边，她的妹妹却不见了
