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(More customer reviews)I recently purchased the DVD "Angels Too Soon" and found it to be an in-depth and objective review of a tragedy that never should have happened in the first place. It is heartbreaking to watch but at the end, I felt a great sense of gratitude to the victims. It was also comforting to know that there sacrifice was directly responsible for a radical overhaul of school fire codes nationwide. I was a student in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia school system beginning in 1961 - less than three years after the Our Lady of the Angels school fire. Being the child of a Philadelphia Fire Fighter, I also had a healthy fear of fire. I can still remember the "fire tower stairs" in the oldest (from 1928) of the three buildings that made up our 2-story grade school - cement and steel. Sealed off from each floor by heavy closed doors. Even without sprinkler systems, the chance of a fire causing a loss of life in that setting was remote. A like fire tower would have prevented the OLA tragedy. I sincerely believe that I and hundreds of thousands...millions of American school children who followed, owe the OLA victims a huge debt of gratitude. Their sad and untimely deaths and suffering made our school years safe. Thank you and Rest in Peace!
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