I was in 4th grade outside of Chicago and immediately when we got to school our teacher sat us down and told us that a plane had flown into a building in NYC. I

I was in 4th grade outside of Chicago and immediately when we got to school our teacher sat us down and told us that a plane had flown into a building in NYC. I didn't know what the world trade center was and they didn't send us home so i didn't think it was a big deal. I thought this just occurred every so often as i had not too long before seen a news story of a little biplane plane crashing into a hospital somewhere in Illinois. 9/11 is also my dad's birthday and my parents didn't talk about the events and instead wanted to talk about the birthday. I didn't realize how big it was until days later when every tv station was wall to wall coverage 24 hours and they held a vigil a block from my house.