No New Lessons: The Our Lady of the Angels School Fire | Fascinating Horror

In 1958, a fire broke out in a school in Chicago. Despite recent fire safety reforms that should have helped lessen its impact, it would go on to claim nearly 100 lives. The Our Lady of the Angels School Fire is a historic example of lessons not learned, action not taken, and a likely avoidable disaster...

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:43 - Background
► 01:32 - The Our Lady of the Angels School Fire
► 08:03 - The Aftermath

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► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "Underworld" by Myuu

SOURCES: 📑
► "Remembering one of Chicago’s worst tragedies: Our Lady of the Angels school fire" by Paul Cioe, December 2022. Link: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/12/...
► "Our Lady of the Angels (OLA) School Fire, December 1, 1958" by Various Authors, published by olafire.com, 2001. Link: https://olafire.com/FireSummary.asp
► "60 Years Later: Our Lady of the Angels School Fire" by Alex Burkholder, published by Firehouse Magazine, December 2018. Link: https://www.firehouse.com/operations-...
► "To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire" by John Kuenster and David Cowan, published by Ivan R Dee, February 1996. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio...

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