In the Cleveland Ohio village of Collinwood the ghosts of 175 victims of a forgotten tragedy walk forgotten hollowed ground. Silent reminders of Collinwood's darkest day, silent reminders of the nightmare that befell Lakeview Elementary School at 9:00 AM March 4th 1908.
It began like any other day as more then 400 children, teachers and staff crammed into Lakeview Elementary School to begin the school day. Yet that day the lessons would never be completed and the laughter of children became screams of terror when an overheated steam pipe in the school's basement came into contact with a wooden joist starting a fire that would quickly become an inferno.
As the demonic flames blocked the only escape routes, trapping students and teachers inside the burning school the fire drills practice time and again were forgotten and panic swept over the frightened children who rushed the doors, which soon became jammed by the bodies of the dead and dying.
By the time the nightmare was over 172 Children, 2 Teachers and 1 Rescuer were dead and in their grief the town turned their rage on an innocent man, the school's janitor Fritz Hirter, who had risked his life to try and save those trapped inside the burning school only to loose three of his own children, blaming him for the tragedy.
Song: Fallen Embers
Artist: Enya
Subject: Collinwood School Fire
Негізгі бет Ойын-сауық When Angels Cried: The Tragedy of the Collinwood School Fire
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