Autobiographical Memory Analysis

An important topic mentioned in chapter five is autobiographical memory. "Autobiographical memory is your memory for events and issues related to yourself" (Matlin & Farmer, p. 165). A surprising event that I asked was about the Septermber eleven terrorist attack.The first person I asked stated that she was in school during the attacks. She recalls her mother picking her up from school. She remembers being confused since she was not old enough to understand the situation as her mother nervously explained what was going on. A couple days later she felt a sadness as she slowly understood what had happened to innocent people. The second person I asked recalls that he was at home making coffee, getting ready to go to a job interview
in the city. He remember getting a phone call from his girlfriend asking if he was okay. He was caught of guard why she would ask him that question, she told him about the tragedy that had just happened in New York City. He remember feeling scared and thankful that he was not caught in between what was going on. He later on reached out to his friends who worked in the city to make sure they were safe. The last person I asked stated that she was home watching the news when the emergency alert system activated redirecting all channels to what was going on in the city. She remember being in disbelieved and terrified of what could happen next. Weeks later she attended to a candle light in memory of all the innocent lifes.
I remember hearing of the event while I was living in Dominican Republic, but when I actually came to the United States in 2002 I was actually able to feel the pain from the people in the city.