Bell tolls, names read to honor victims of Washington slide

A pipe band, first responders and family members take part in a memorial procession event photographed Sunday, March 22, 2015, on the one year anniversary of a landslide that left 43 dead in the town of Oso, Washington. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Jordan Stead) A pipe band, first responders and family members take part in a memorial procession event photographed Sunday, March 22, 2015, on the one year anniversary of a landslide that left 43 dead in the town of Oso, Washington. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Jordan Stead)

By Associated Press March 22, 2015 2 min read

OSO, Wash. (AP) – A solemn crowd gathered in Oso, Washington, on Sunday to honor 43 people who lost their lives a year ago in the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.

A moment of silence was observed at 10:37 a.m. at the site on Highway 530.

The names of the dead also were read, one by one, each name followed by the tolling of a bell, The Daily Herald newspaper in Everett reported (http://is.gd/vmCnc2 ).

The list began with Christina Jefferds and ended with Steve Hadaway, The Seattle Times newspaper said (http://is.gd/pv3PTL).

Sunday marked one year after a rain-soaked hillside collapsed suddenly on March 22, 2014, sending million tons of sand and soil thundering across a river valley north of Seattle, destroying dozens of homes and entombing 43 people.