September 11,2001: How did you first hear about it?

[hippilil86]

I was a sophmore in high school at the time, in small town Lake City, MN, in first hour English Class. Originally, we were told that a plane crashed into the white house. Later, in the next class, which was US history, we were able to watch what actually happened. We just went on with our day, I even had tennis practice after school. When I got home, I remember being so mad at my mom, because she wouldn't let me watch anything other than news on tv. I told her that we already knew what happened, and how many times were we going to watch the same thing over and over again. I think that at the time, I really didn't realize the seriousness of what happened. It's always been easy for me to compartmentalize things, I hear it once, think about it for a short time, then put it aside. It was the same with the 35W bridge collapse. I saw it once, and didn't want to see it again. I'm not sure if this is a flaw or an asset.