The world knows her as âdisaster girl.â She sold an NFT of her meme for $500,000
By Marie Fazio New York Times,Updated April 29, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
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The name Zoë Roth might not ring any bells. But chances are youâve seen her photo.
One Saturday morning in 2005, when Roth was 4 years old, her family went to look at a house on fire in their neighborhood in Mebane, North Carolina. Firefighters had intentionally set the blaze as a controlled fire, so it was a relaxed affair: Neighbors gathered and firefighters allowed children to take turns holding the hose.