![]() ![]() Nobody had yet explained to us what was going on, I knew something wasn’t right and since everybody seemed to be looking for their siblings, brother/sister/parent, I realized that I had to try to find my sister who was two floors beneath me. So they placed all the students to sit in the hallway while a few teachers looked over us. ![]() There weren’t enough staff members to watch over the students while they attended the parents who all seem to be rushing through the doors to pick up their children. Soon the assistant principal had to step out of class and within a few moments the school became complete chaos. After the assistant principal walked into class, us (students) realized that my classroom teacher was outside the door, worry was on her face and she looked in the verge of tears. The confidence that I have in how accurate my flashbulb memory for the morning of 9/11 is overpowering, even though it’s been almost 14 years since this occurred. There have been arguments on whether flashbulb memories are any different than everyday memories and also theories as to why we feel that the recall of flashbulb memories is any more accurate than that of everyday memories. Flashbulb memories are a person’s memory for an unexpected and highly emotional charged event (Goldstein, 2011, p. This is the beginning of my flashbulb memory for the 9/11 attacks. She was there to make my teacher aware that tower one of the world trade center, where my teacher’s sister worked had been hit (I didn’t hear the conversation I found this out later on). I was 10 years old and I was in my fifth grade class when I realized that something was not right, after my assistant principal walked into class, pulled my teacher aside and took over class. ![]() If anybody were to ask me what I was doing in the morning of September 11, 2001, I can tell them exactly what I was doing with certainty. ![]()
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