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I can sort of see how post-9/11 'kids' who grew up in a society that sees terrorism everywhere might think that it's odd to assume it was just a plane crash.

As a teen, I also thought it was just a crash. I was at school and someone mentioned it and we went to look for a tv. It's difficult to forget how the mood went from 'shit, that sucks but cool explosion and most people below the crash site will probably get out' to 'shit, another plane, and now the towers are collapsing'.

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I also expect there's some rote memorization happening. After hearing "the terrorist attacks of 9/11" a billion times it kinda sticks.