It is amazing how much this attack had affected the U.S. and beyond. Yes, other attacks have impacted the nation, but they usually tend to be more localized to where the attack happened.
This one? It reached everywhere. Everyone knows someone who was there in Vegas or at the concert, and everyone mourns people we may have never met, but feel they are family like we might here because of a common thread that connects us, as with Carrie Barnette - DCA cast member that was killed. How many of us on this site talked to her or simply exchanged smiles with her on our trips? It is the loss of a person we will never truly know, but will grieve all the same. There is something to be said for the way this Disney family that us crazies make up come together.
It honestly reminds me of 9/11, except I was young enough to not really understand or remember that day. I'm definitely old enough to remember this one, and I've certainly held my kids a little closer today.