September 6, 2002

An RA Says Students 'Truck on Doing Our Daily Lives'

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

When Christopher P. Turner, a senior at the University of the South, first saw television news reports last year that a hijacked airplane had hit the Pentagon, he peered closely at the images to see if the side of the building with his father's office had been hit. He tried all day to telephone home, but the lines were busy. In the afternoon he found out his dad, a civilian working in public affairs for the Defense Department, was safe. Meanwhile, Mr. Turner tried to comfort others in his