“The Big One.” The peril of a massive earthquake has been the start of many a work of fiction, but until faced with the danger, no one knows how they will react. This statue in Tacoma, Washington, honors one brave child who rose to the occasion, sacrificing his life to save another, and the long wait to have his story fully told. On April 13, 1949, just before noon, the ground began to shake across the Puget Sound. A severe earthquake had struck the Pacific Northwest, measuring 7.1 on the…
