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25 years after 9/11, experts say Americans have a shocking ability to reconnect after trauma
Twenty-five years after 9/11, disaster researchers point to a durable finding: collective trauma often pulls communities tighter rather than apart. In the four years after the attacks, divorce rates fell across New York state, staying roughly 8% below trend even by 2005. Blood donations surged, charity giving spiked, and similar solidarity followed Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Maria, crossing political and economic lines.
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