Mehedi Hasan, who worked at the New Wave Button factory on the third floor, said that though a crack had appeared in a wall Tuesday, on Wednesday morning factory supervisors asked workers to return, claiming the building was safe.

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Ms. Akter, who made clothes for Phantom on the fifth floor, said she was evacuated with other workers on Tuesday after a large crack appeared on an exterior wall near the third floor.

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Mehedi Hasan, who worked at the New Wave Style factory on the third floor, said although workers were evacuated after a crack appeared in a wall on Tuesday, on Wednesday morning factory supervisors told workers to return, saying the building was safe.

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Mehedi Hasan, who worked at the New Wave Button factory on the third floor, said although workers were evacuated after a crack appeared in a wall on Tuesday, on Wednesday morning factory supervisors told workers to return, saying the building was safe.

WSJ: Dozens Die in Bangladesh Building Collapse

He was staring down at the checkerboard pattern on the linoleum floor, as if it were a code he was trying to crack.

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The floor began to lower under your feet and all I could think about was that it would crack open and I would fall hundreds of feet to my death!

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