Circuitry of Fear

 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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Copyright 2005. Used with permission from American RadioWorks.