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The 31-Second Collapse: Who Knew and Looked Away?

The 31-Second Collapse: Who Knew and Looked Away?

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A nine-story garment factory in Dhaka collapsed, killing hundreds. This wasn’t an accident - who chose profit over lives?

The 31-Second Collapse: Who Knew and Looked Away?

This episode explores the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, a catastrophic event that killed over a thousand workers. It delves into the systemic failures and decisions that led to the tragedy, questioning how such visible dangers were ignored.

Event: Rana Plaza collapse
Date: April 24, 2013
Location: Savar Upazila, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Casualties: 1,134 deaths
Industry: Garment manufacturing

- The Rana Plaza building was constructed on a filled-in pond and had four floors added without permits.
- Its architect, Massood Reza, designed the building for shops and offices, not for the heavy machinery of garment factories.
- Visible cracks appeared in the building's walls the night before the collapse, leading some businesses to close.
- Sohel Rana, the building owner, publicly declared the building safe and told workers to return the next morning.
- Factory management threatened workers with the loss of a month's wages if they did not show up for work.

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