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Navy Yard employees get counseling after massacre

By Eric Tucker
Published September 27, 2013 12:49am ET
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Navy Yard employees get counseling after massacre
Navy Commander Ingrid Pauli directs the Special Psychiatric Intervention Team (SPRINT) command and control center at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. More than 6,000 employees of the Washington Navy Yard have been offered counseling in the 10 days since a gunman killed 12 people. A specialized team of counselors has been at the site, working with people who say they've been anxious, sad and stressed since the Sept. 16 shooting. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) | Cliff Owen

WASHINGTON (AP) — Andy Wood is accustomed to responding to a hazardous materials spill or ferocious natural disaster from his post at the Washington Navy Yard’s emergency operations center.

A panicked call of shots fired that reached his radio on the morning of Sept. 16 presented a chilling new challenge.

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