It's all about time and place. Back in middle school and even during parts of high school, I had an Israeli pen-pal, though, comically enough, a Gilmore Girls fansite (hey, nothing like being a dramedy dork, at least it was relatively harmless 'passion'). We emailed back-and-forth about our schools, our homework, our "squee!" Gilmore Girls moments, our favorite parts of the episodes, and our livesin general. She's a year older than me. She had to join the army. But the people killed in this attack were between 15-26. I repeat: that could been her. But more strikingly: it could have been us.
Scary.