IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January day in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a wall of thick, brown liquid that consumed the streets below. Hundreds of people became victims in the catastrophic flood, crushed by the unexpected force of the molasses. The scene