Abdul Aziz’s 18-year-old son Shawn died in Rana Plaza. It was Shawn’s first job and he was trying to save money to buy a computer. He says the family will receive about 900,000 taka, or about $12,000, from the Rana Plaza compensation fund. “They say that my son's life is worth 900,000 taka,” Aziz says. “That sounds like a cruel joke to me.”
Two years after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, these survivors and rescuers are still struggling.
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