In the days following the 9/11 tragedy in New York City, Disaster Child Care (DCC) and Childcare Aviation Incident Response (CAIR) volunteers provided care for the young children of families whose loved ones died in the World Trade Center collapse. This retrospective pilot study of 66 DCC/ CAIR volunteers examined qualitative data on the following topics: (1) Observations of the children's caregivers/parents and differences from other childcare or disaster settings, (2) Personal reactions to the experience, differences from other childcare or disaster settings, poignant anecdotes, utility of debriefings, stress after returning from New York, and (3) Observations of coworkers' ...