On the Ground After September 11: Mental Health Responses and Practical Knowledge Gained is a stirring compilation of over 100 personal and professional first-hand accounts of the September 11 experience--from the moment the first plane slammed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, to the many months mental health professionals worked to ease the pain and trauma of others even while they themselves were traumatized. This remarkable chronicle reveals the breadth and depth of human need and courage along with the practical organizational considerations encountered in the responses to terrorist attacks. Reading these unique personal accounts of that day, the difficult days that followed, and beyond, provides a thoughtful, moving, rational view of what is truly needed in times of disaster. A USABookNews Award Finalist--Current Events (Political/Social) Category