Disaster Heroes: Ex-News Anchor's Uplifting New Book Profiles Everyday Heroes Who Define Humanity's Selflessness

New Orleans, LA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/26/2015 -- As Suzanne Bernier stood amidst the mountains of rubble during her first New Orleans volunteer rebuilding effort following Hurricane Katrina, she had plenty of time to reflect on the hundreds of hours she had spent as a news anchor telling the world about humanity's cold and sadistic tendencies. Now surrounded by tens of thousands of people who were willing to give their time and even their lives to save others, Bernier came to the stark revelation that humans are, in fact, hard-wired for collective survival.