<p>Residents of Iowa (or as the east and west coasters dismissively call the “flyover states”) may have lost loved ones as well. Please don’t dismiss their fear. </p>
<p>Personally I think it’s horrendous that middle and high schools in our area turned on the news that day in the classroom. We live in the greater DC area. Even before the Pentagon was hit, no teacher knew whose dad/mom extended relative was in NY that day. When the news coverage suddenly switched to the Pentagon being attacked, many, many kids (including my own D) were in hysterics wondering if their relative was okay. </p>
<p>We could have been stationed at Ft Leavenworth, Camp Pendleton, anywhere in the world and our AD member happened to be TDY to Washington and my child still would have been upset. Today’s society is very mobile. You don’t know who has immediate connections to where just because they currently live in a certain area.</p>