It involves the diffuse aftermath: investigation, fury, legal proceedings, recovered memories, protest groups, healing and remorse.
Its plot originally involved the humorous aftermath of the sinking of a luxury liner.
Sonia Hume-Dawson, of Wosskow Brown Solicitors, said: "Everyone involved in the aftermath of these crimes will be relieved that action is being taken and the families involved welcome the Secretary of State's intervention".
There is no question that infidelity takes a toll, and can take on a life of its own for everyone involved in the aftermath that follows.
He was vocal in his opposition to George W Bush and the Iraq war, and was heavily involved in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti earthquake.
He was also closely involved in the aftermath of the massive leak in 1971 of the secret history of the Vietnam war, the Pentagon Papers, when the White House moved illegally against the man responsible, Daniel Ellsberg.
Police, fire and ambulance personnel who were involved in the aftermath of the attack are being told there is a very small chance they could have been exposed to asbestos fibres within the debris.
For several weeks, Migrationsverket has already been working with the country's civil contingencies agency (MSB), a department usually involved in the aftermath of natural disasters or in overseas humanitarian catastrophes.
Ian Stevens, the head of the Network Rail suicide-prevention programme, said: "Any death on the railway is a tragedy but the impact is felt not only by those who knew the person but also by the train driver and station staff, and those who are involved in the aftermath.
When Sir George Young, one of the liberal Tory ministers involved in the aftermath of the Brixton and Toxteth riots of the 1980s, told her how ministers had tried to recruit more ethnic minority police officers, she told him they had not got far – "there's still a stigma in young black people joining the police or army".
