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Firefighter Scott Hudson, one of the first firefighters on the scene of the metro rail crash last Monday, describes the day.

Family, friends remember one of the Metro crash victims at a vigil in Hyattsville, Md.

Gail Ertel cares for her great-granddaughter, McKenzie Campbell, who is blind, autistic and medically fragile. Since McKenzie requires constant attention, Ertel is unable to work and must rely on outside funding to make ends meet.

Some Metro riders are nervous but most express being unfazed on their commute the day after Metro's accident.

Locals and visitors react to the shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.

Business is good at the bartending school in Arlington, Va. Enrollment is up 25 percent. Soul-searchers, college graduates and the unemployed look to the service industry for answers.

Matt Bowie, a T8 paraplegic who lost mobility in his legs due to a spinal cord injury in 1981, races his 1970 Camaro SS using adaptive hand controls at the 75-80 Dragway in Monrovia, Md., every weekend. Video by Whitney Shefte / The Washington Post

Business is good at the bartending school in Arlington, Va. Enrollment is up 25 percent. Soul-searchers, college graduates and the unemployed look to the service industry for answers.

First-time home buyers and eager investors take advantage of low interest rates, falling prices and the D.C. area's abundance of foreclosed properties.

Every Saturday at dawn, dozens of people line up outside the Ambassador Baptist Church in S.E. Washington. In recent months, the demand for food assistance in the D.C. area has grown significantly.

Every Saturday at dawn, dozens of people line up outside the Ambassador Baptist Church in S.E. Washington. In recent months, the demand for food assistance in the D.C. area has grown significantly.

Business is good at the bartending school in Arlington, Va. Enrollment is up 25 percent. Soul-searchers, college graduates and the unemployed look to the service industry for answers.

Business is good at the bartending school in Arlington, Va. Enrollment is up 25 percent. Soul-searchers, college graduates and the unemployed look to the service industry for answers.

At the Newseum, the public rates Obama's first months in office.

At the Newseum, the public rates Obama's first months in office.

More than a year after 14-year-old DeOnte Rawlings was shot in the head by an off-duty police officer, his father Charles reflects on the loss of his son.

At the Newseum, the public rates Obama's first months in office.

Virginians gather in Wakefield to eat shad, drink beer and mingle with gubernatorial candidates Bob McDonnell (R), Brian Moran (D) and Terry McAuliffe (D) at the annual Shad Planking.

At CulinAerie, a new recreational cooking school in Washington, D.C., co-owner Susan Holt teaches a class in conjuction with Dogfish Head Brewery about how to make food that pairs well with beer.

Air Force dog handlers train canines to search for explosives and narcotics in war zones and for domestic patrols.