In the year since the terrorist attacks, thousands of copies of a book by a St. Paul author have made their way to the families of the September 11th victims. The book is called "The Next Place." It's a children's book about dealing with loss and grief. After 9/11, several people contacted author Warren Hanson because they wanted to share his book with people affected by the attacks. Eventually, some Minnesota schools got copies, and students wrote notes in the books before they were shipped to victims' families. Hanson says it all started with an e-mail he received on the morning of September 13th.

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