I’m a disaster expert – and it helped me get through my own
Lucy Easthope has worked on the aftermath of the biggest natural and man-made global disasters - which have in turn helped her cope with a series of losses in her own life.
Prof Lucy Easthope is a leading authority on recovering from disaster. She has spent two decades working at the centre of numerous global catastrophes, including terrorist attacks, plane crashes, conflicts, earthquakes and tsunamis. It's her job to help get the bodies identified, repatriate survivors, return personal effects, look after the bereaved, and advise governments for the future. But when she went through a series of devastating losses in her personal life, she realised she would need all her disaster management skills to help her get through it.
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Presenter: Anu Anand
Producer: Rebecca Vincent
(Photo: Lucy Easthope. Credit: Caitlin Chescoe)
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