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In Oso, We Pulled Everybody Out Of The Mud

caption: Bob DeYoung drives through the remains of the Oso landslide
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Bob DeYoung drives through the remains of the Oso landslide
KCTS Photo/Stacey Jenkins

Bob DeYoung helped recover bodies of friends and neighbors killed in the Oso slide. His wife Julie took care of people who survived. Today they're figuring out how to take care of their own needs.

Read and hear other stories from Oso on Medium.

From KCTS: The DeYoungs talk about their experience.

KUOW 94.9 and KCTS 9 collaborated to produce this series of profiles of people most affected by the landslidea woman rescued from the mud, a couple who lost their home, a first responder struggling with post-traumatic stress, and leaders, municipal and spiritual, still working tirelessly for their community.

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