Sept 2005
By Stephen Smith
Twenty people gather around a conference room table in midtown, Manhattan. Though it's been years since the World Trade Center attacks, the people in this room are still suffering. The facilitator asks people to go around the room and give their name, and describe whether they are in pain. "I'm Barbara Williams and I'm in pain physically and financially," says one woman. "I'm Bert and I'm in pain," says a man. "Oxsana, too much pain" whispers another woman.
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