As emergency workers sift through the wreckage of United Airlines Hight 93 in Somerset County, an eight-person team based at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center prepares to help repair the emotional and psychological damage the workers might suffer.
The center's Critical Incident Stress Management Team is one of several groups statewide being sent by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Although the scope of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is unlike anything he has ever witnessed, team coordinator Lee Groff said the team will use lessons learned in past experiences.
"We learn something from every incident," Groff said. "We learn more about ourselves and how to deal with …
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