On a cold December morning in 2008, Ansol Clark was abruptly called to work at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee, where a massive coal-ash dike had catastrophically failed. The resulting black wave of sludge buried homes and roads, causing chaos and destruction. Ansol and his co-workers witnessed the aftermath with disbelief, as an astonishing three hundred acres were covered in ash. The disaster would become one of the largest industrial disasters in U.S. history. Despite the devastation, the community banded together to rescue those affected, demonstrating resilience in the face of unexpected tragedy.
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