It's been a long time since a tragedy like Wednesday mornings struck the local community.

They've been grieving the loss of 6-year-old Julie Ann Lister ever since.

Both Julie and her 9-year-old step brother Michael McFall were trying to catch up with their group at a Laguna Beach bus stop Wednesday when a gold car slammed into both, killing Julie and injuring Michael.

Both were on their way to Beach Elementary.

The school districts crisis intervention team immediately went to work. They were not only working with a group of children who witnessed the accident, but with the teachers and students at the school.

Jone Harris leads the team, "The whole goal is to keep to some kind of normalcy."

They say the main question the kids wanted to know: Is this going to happen to me?

"It sounds so strange on the surface, but it's very important for kids to know that things are accidents and their safe and they can go on living their lives. And what were some of the other questions the children were asking? They had a lot of questions about Michael and what was happening through out the day."

About thirty people make up the entire team," says Harris.

It's split into three groups. One for elementary, middle and high school. Some are psychologists, some counselors, teachers and social workers.

Harris says while they focus on the children their main objective is to help the teachers through the crisis so they can in turn help the children.

Harris says it is not an easy position to fill and it's unpaid, but she says it's both rewarding and necessary.

Harris says children are resilient and are able to cope with more than people sometimes give them credit.

But she says it's still important for them to share their feelings in a healthy manor.