Fear or festivity: Fireworks celebratory but come with issues
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To many, fireworks represent freedom, festivity, and fun, but to others — people who have lost homes from fires, people suffering from battle-induced PTSD, people with terrified children or pets — the Fourth of July spectacle can be quite distressing.