How Do You Ever Get over a Disaster Like the One in Axel? Grief Experts Warn of a Common Pitfall, but Also Offer Hope.

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Around the De Warande primary school in Zeeland, people are talking, crying, but also remaining silent. This is familiar to grief experts: a sudden disaster has an enormous impact. In a close-knit community like Axel, this does not happen to just one family, but to everyone at once. How do you process a disaster of this magnitude?