‘You can’t unsee it’: the mental toll of Maui fires on search-and-rescue teams

As deadly disasters increase in frequency and magnitude, so does the emotional weight for those who recover the bodies

Walking through the ruins of Lahaina day after day, in between the rubble of destroyed homes and ash-covered streets, Eric Darling would try to remember his motto.

Everybody comes home," the retired California firefighter would tell himself. Including me."