The psychological and emotional trauma 9/11 inflicted on us as kids is so hard to convey, but everyone in the same age-group knows that feeling without fail.
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Like that's a real good point: why the fuck
didn't the adults keep things under wraps for the sake of the kids outside of NYC? I live on the other side of the country and woke up to my parents watching the news and Mom crying and not knowing what was happening as we were shuffled off to school, and then everyone was talking about it but had no idea how to process it. My teacher then decided to turn on a separate TV in the room for us to gather around and watch for a few minutes, and seeing the footage of the plane hitting the second tower was harrowing, everyone was upset. One girl was sobbing hysterically because it was her birthday and she had to see all that.
I was lucky my mom chose to only talk about it to us kids if we approached her with questions, which wasn't a whole lot. For the most part, my brothers and I continued to be kids despite all that (to the point where I got stitches a few nights later simply for being a retard, I only remembered the date was after 9/11 because there was footage of Bin Laden on the TV in the lounge).
I already
mentioned in this thread about my childhood friend, so no need to repeat myself.