After the Bridge Was Crossed is a work of immeasurable depth and grace, a timeless message for us all of triumph over disaster. I was truly moved and inspired by this book; author Darryl Cooke has at last arrived. Victor Woods, author of A Breed Apart and renowned motivational speaker "This profound author penetrates the heart with a pen that conflicts the soul in order to redirect the mind; for such a time as now, this audacious message is kismet. Don X. Davis, 2008 graduate of Morehouse College, author of the novel I Am Loyal, and a current graduate student at Harvard University