If you want to read about what people went through after the event, I recommend Gail Sheehy's "Middle America", about a town in New Jersey lost an inordinate number of people and this is about survivors lives afterward. It's a wonderful story about how resilient people are and how they bounce back after even the biggest tragedy. Of course we all remember, we just don't stay stuck back there. And having gone through it I'm very grateful for that -- it was a nightmare for a while.