Phoenix was among the cities hit hardest by the mortgage and foreclosure crisis. Ten years later, the city and its real estate market have rebounded, but no one has forgotten. Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Most disasters in the U.S. hit a specific place. Wildfires burn through Southern California. A hurricane floods Texas. Ten years ago a slow-moving disaster swamped the entire country, and it did not leave a single state untouched. The disaster had its own sounds and smells. How often do you still think about those days? SEAN HAHN: You know, I tell you; I - every time I hear a smoke detector beeping like the battery's dead, I have a flashback of the crash. (Laughter) So in my house, when the smoke detector starts beeping, I am up. And I get on a ladder, and I'm changing that thing because all's I have is visions of the past. SHAPIRO: The past meaning the financial crisis. Sean Hahn is a realtor born and raised in Phoenix, Ariz. That beeping takes him right
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