ON SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January morning in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured without warning, unleashing a wall of thick, brown goo that engulfed the streets below. Hundreds of people met their fate in the catastrophic flood, buried under the unexpected impact of the molasses. The sigh