The Oklahoma City bombing got our attention. We knew we needed to be prepared.

G. Kemble Bennett, on how he thought of "Disaster City," a mock municipality where Texas A&M’s Emergency Services Training Institute prepares first responders from around the world for the worst disasters. The "city" has derailed train cars, a leaking chemical tank, a strip mall, an office complex, a single-family home and a theater, to name a few.