Oso landslide memorial approved by Snohomish County
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.
Community honors victims of Oso landslide on 8th anniversary
Tuesday marks the eight-year anniversary of the deadly Oso landslide, which killed 43 people in 2014.
Remembering the deadly Oso landslide 7 years later
Monday, March 22 marks the seven-year anniversary of the deadly Oso landslide, which killed 43 people in 2014.
Memorial marks 5 years since Oso landslide
OSO, Wash. – Today marked five years after a massive landslide devastated a small community outside Oso.Years later there are signs of hope and healing moving forward while people gathered for a ceremony to honor and remember the 43 people killed in the Oso landslide.It was the deadliest landslide in U.S history, forever changing the Snohomish County community.Today, family members of the victims joined the community at the site, where there used to be a neighborhood holding a moment of silence at 10:37 a.m., the exact time of the slide.It was a day of emotion and sadness for the loss, and a day of pride for the community as a highway was renamed.A sculpture was also dedicated in honor of the victims and survivors, including Amanda Skorjanc and her infant son who survived the disaster."To me the mailboxes were a sign that I was home," she said during today’s ceremony. "The slide took away any resemblance of home for all of us, so knowing we have our mailboxes back are comforting."One by one, the names of every man, woman and child who died were read during a ceremony that tried to remember exactly how much has been lost in the Stillaguamish Valley."It’s been rough, it’s hard," said Dayn Brunner who lost a sister in the disaster. "It’s still really raw, really raw.""We miss them every day," said Karen Pszonka who lost three generations to the slide.It was an extremely emotional day along SR 530 where family members and friends of the victims along with first responders honored the 43 who lost their lives."When you look out here, this looks absolutely nothing like it did," said Pszonka.What it used to look like was home to dozens of people, but the slide stole each of them from this community.
Oso strong: The pain that connected the Oso community is what keeps them close today
OSO, Wash. — Somewhere in the valley, amid the hills and the horses, is a place where everyone belongs."There's a really down home earthiness.
Obama tours devastation, vows to stand with 'Oso strong'
OSO, Wash. -- Whenever, wherever President Barack Obama gets off Air Force One, he brings the attention of the world with him.That's just what is needed in Oso, in Darrington and in Arlington.People here have been deeply affected by the March 22 mudslide that killed at least 41 of their loved ones.The way they have come together to support one another, says Obama, should be an inspiration to us all."Because this is also what America's all about.
WATCH: A flight over the massive mudslide near Oso
Video taken Sunday, March 23rd:Video taken Saturday, March 22nd:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUFByAwcGs0&w=420&h=315]OSO, Wash -- Snohomish County released video of a flight over the mudslide zone Sunday afternoon.The video was taken using Washington State Patrol equipment aboard a Washington State Patrol aircraft.Along with the video, Snohomish County authorities posted a map online showing the properties likely destroyed or damaged by the slide.