Imagine the horror of being trapped in a deadly place! People have been trapped in many ways-trapped by fire, by water, or underground. Some have even been trapped in molasses! Sometimes they escape...and sometimes they didn't.

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Introduction -- The Triangle Shirtwaist fire -- The molasses tank rupture -- Trapped behind the Iron Curtain -- The Kursk disaster -- The Quecreek Mine flood -- Book review -- Glossary -- Index.