Survivors, loved ones visit Oso memorial ahead of 10-year anniversary

“It’s beautiful, but it still reminds me of the loss,” said Julie Petersen, who lost her sister and grandniece in the 2014 landslide.

OSO, Wash. — Julie Petersen said she starts holding her breath at the beginning of every March.

“Then you start remembering,” she said while standing next to a new memorial in Oso, Washington. “Then you can’t wait for it to be over.”

A new memorial honors the 43 people who lost their lives in the deadliest landslide in U.S. history on March 22, 2014. Before a ceremony held on the 10-year anniversary of the disaster, survivors and family members who lost

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