Award winning journalist Jason Motlagh brings Day 6 the stories of three people — a survivor, a grieving mother and a rescuer — whose lives were changed dramatically as a result of the collapse at Rana Plaza.
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Day 66:36Voices from Rana Plaza: one year later
Henna Begum holds a picture of her missing daughter, Akhi Akhter, who was a garment worker, following the April 2014 collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)One year after one of the worst disasters in the history of the garment industry, many of those affected by the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh say they're still waiting for compensation. Award winning journalist Jason Motlagh brings Day 6 the stories of three people — a survivor, a grieving mother and a rescuer — whose lives were changed dramatically as a result of the collapse at Rana Plaza.
Jason Motlagh is an award-winning writer, photographer and filmmaker. He arrived in Bangladesh shortly after the Rana Plaza collapse. The audio featured in this segment was collected last fall with a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. For more visit http://jasonmotlagh.com/
