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The 45 Seconds That Destroyed San Francisco in 1906

At 5:12 in the morning, the earthquake knocked San Francisco flat. Fire Chief Dennis Sullivan — the one man who could have organized the response — was mortally injured in the first thirty seconds. He was gone exactly when he was most needed.

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