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Some Communities Are Destroyed by Tragedy and Disaster. Others Spring Back. Here's What Makes the Difference.

Daniel Aldrich
Washington Post

December 9, 2015

How do people survive and move on from tragedies like last week’s terrorist attacks at home and abroad? When does a tragedy — whether human-made or natural disaster or a combination of the two — destroy a community, and when do they recover and thrive?

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