On April 18, 1906, San Franciscans were awoken at 5:11 a.m. by what would become the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history.
On Thursday, 118 years later, residents of the city and first responders remembered those who lost their lives and the event that altered the future of the city.Residents and politicians, like former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, placed a wreath on Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street, one of the last remaining landmarks from before the earthquake.An event organizer read a timeline of events starting at 5:11 am when the initial quake struck. It was an estimated 7.
"It reminds us how San Francisco is able to rise from the literal ashes," said San Francisco district 4 Supervisor Joel Engarido. "We need hope to get us through doom loops and all the inevitable changes in our city that shake us from our comfort zones."At 6 a.m., after speakers finished on Market Street, organizers headed up to Dolores Park to a gold fire hydrant.
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