The Folsom Disaster Remembrance Statue, designed by Keiko Totori, has been built in Folsom, California to later recall the names of those who will eventually be killed when the nearby dam breaks and floods the city. Space has been left on the memorial for the estimated 500-2000 people who are likely to die in the disaster. The larger number is only likely if the dam breaks during the annual jazz festival. Many of those at the dedication ceremony mourn their own deaths as they consider it likely that they will be among the victims.

Even though the dam is still intact and nobody is dead yet, one name, that of a man who works on the dam and will inevitably be killed, has already been etched in the memorial.

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