The fire was on the radio. My friends and I looked at the pictures and diagrams and realized that our grade school looked a lot like Our Lady of the Angels. It was wood joist construction with ONE main door off a central staircase and only glass doors on the stairwell. That was 50 years ago. A month ago, I saw a structural survey of that school, which is still in use. Nothing has changed. I am amazed and horrified. The boiler,the electrical system, and the kitchen are 50 years older and the kids still cannot get out of the building.
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