‘Still permanently a part of us’: Reflecting on Oso landslide, ‘Baby Duke’ is now 10

Amanda Suddarth and her then-newborn son Duke survived the Oso landslide. After a decade of torment, they are hopeful for the future.

OSO, Wash. — After a traumatic event, there are always thoughts and prayers. But survivors always see things differently, and anniversaries come and go.

Ten years after the Oso landslide that killed 43 of her neighbors, Amanda Suddarth still asks the same question every day.

“Am I doing the right thing?” she said. “Am I making my life worth being one that was saved?”

 At 10:37 a.m. on March 22, 2014, her husband Ty left for the hardware store while

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