Research != scientific samples in a freezer. 25 years of research were not ruined just by ruining some samples that can be recreated. The claim in the article:

Research != scientific samples in a freezer. 25 years of research were not ruined just by ruining some samples that can be recreated. The claim in the article: >A cleaner at a college in New York state accidentally destroyed decades of research by turning off a freezer in order to mute “annoying alarm” sounds. No, the research was not destroyed.