On March 22, 2014, a landslide devoured an entire subdivision of their town, killing 43 people. It was the deadliest landslide in U.S. history. During a ceremony on Tuesday, loved ones said their heartache was still fresh even after all this time.
The slide marked the beginning of a tragic story along Highway 530 in Oso. Now with funding secured to build a permanent memorial, a new chapter will soon be written, and hopefully provide some healing for those who were impacted.
The Oso mudslide stands as the nation’s largest landslide, which swept through Oso on March 22, 2014 and took the lives of 43 people. Seven years later, Snohomish County has approved and budgeted a site in honor of the lives lost.