IN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable took place in Boston's North End. A massive container overflowing with sticky molasses ruptured suddenly, unleashing a tidal wave thick, brown syrup that consumed the streets below. Dozens of people met their fate in the unforeseen disaster, buried under the unexpected weight of the molasses. T