Children can suffer emotional wounds in a disaster
Post-traumatic stress symptoms can go unnoticed, and kids' resilience varies
EMOTIONAL WOUNDS Many children, like this young girl in Gulfport, Miss., lost a great deal during Hurricane Katrina. Some recovered more quickly than others.
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On April 19, 1995, an unemployed security guard with an antigovernment vendetta detonated more than two tons of nitrogen fertilizer mixed with fuel at the Alfred P.