@wakenminds On April 18, 1906, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated San Francisco in a matter of minutes.
The ensuing fires destroyed 80% of the city, leaving 200,000 people homeless.
Authorities militarized the crisis response, authorizing troops to shoot looters.
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A performance of the opening section of the classical masterpiece "Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565" by the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach on the Wanamaker Organ—one of the world's largest and most magnificent operational pipe organs.