Minneapolis mayhem

I heard the news this morning in my Radio Journalism class about the Minneapolis bridge collapsing. I'm so out of touch with the US news right now, it's like I'm living in a bubble. I have to start watching and reading more news as a requirement for many of my journalism classes, but it's pretty bad when an Australian knows about a devastating event in my home country before I do. So I got online tonight and watched the segments on MSNBC and became pretty emotional about the whole thing. They kept mentioning the kids on the school buses and it really broke my heart. I hope there are very few fatalities. It was strange being so moved by this event b/c I think if I heard about this in the states I would have taken it more lightly, sad to say. I think being so far removed from the states changes the way you perceive a major event/ catastrophe in your homeland such as this.. even though it wasn't my city/ town, it might as well have been and it could have been my brother, cousin, parent coming home from work or a shopping trip.