Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Only in Congress.... The AOL headline says, "Did Confusion Cost Lives?" The story of course is that the oh-so-necessary 9/11 commission is studying emergency respondents to the terrorist attacks to see if it could have been done better.
Well, duh. And I think the necessary steps are being taken. In the aftermath of the attacks, local emergency responder chapters began reforming their groups to meet the new demands of terrorism. And in any situation confusion can cost lives...but there's no need to rake people over the coals. That was a strange day. I suspect not even the famed 9/11 commissioners were completely calm that day. I know I wasn't. I can't even imagine what it would have been like on the scene. I must concur in the end with Rudy Giuliani: it was "the greatest rescue attempt" in history. Those who responded deserve our help, not our criticism. If the 9/11 commission can, for once, see beyond political bickering and do this, then for once they will have done something useful. Rather than look for a scapegoat (there are plenty in the previous administration), their main goal should be that it never happen again. Thus far, all they have done is increase the risk.
Well, duh. And I think the necessary steps are being taken. In the aftermath of the attacks, local emergency responder chapters began reforming their groups to meet the new demands of terrorism. And in any situation confusion can cost lives...but there's no need to rake people over the coals. That was a strange day. I suspect not even the famed 9/11 commissioners were completely calm that day. I know I wasn't. I can't even imagine what it would have been like on the scene. I must concur in the end with Rudy Giuliani: it was "the greatest rescue attempt" in history. Those who responded deserve our help, not our criticism. If the 9/11 commission can, for once, see beyond political bickering and do this, then for once they will have done something useful. Rather than look for a scapegoat (there are plenty in the previous administration), their main goal should be that it never happen again. Thus far, all they have done is increase the risk.
// posted by The Pendragon @ 10:07 AM 
