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Originally posted by Not Me
There is no way to prepare for the inconceivable. To try to blame the first responders when 400 of them died in their heroic attempts to save others is fucked up beyond repair.
The only people who deserve blame are the murderes and those who support them. Some of those who support them are American muslims, holding themselves out as the so called moderate muslims, who give money to these so called islamic charities knowing full well where the money is going. Your local mosque is filled with people who have given money to terrorists and are not naive about where the money is going.
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In the "you should burn in hell or otherwise be punished" sense, I agree. But believe me sweetie, the word "inconcievable" does not belong anywhere near the lips or ears of a NYC fire or police commissioner. Nuke bomb? Conceivable. Earthquake? Conceivable. Big building burning and falling down? Conceivable. Its all conceivable.
As Hank noted, in hindsight, the best response might have includes a giant neon sign stating "get the fuck out of there via the X stairwell in the Y building or the Z stairwell in the A building". Its certainly not "do nothing because we never imagined this would happen"!
Here is a simple plan that all local agencies should have: How do you evacuate the entire downtown area as quickly as possible at 1:00 on a workday afternoon?
Do you want to know something that is (sort of) funny? NATO is right now working on these exercises at a military level. Don't ask. Do you think von Essen and the brass of all these agencies need to start doing the same, or should they just continue to think that such a scenario is "inconceivable".
Believe me, my friend has "conceived" of some of these scenarios. I think his answer is that nobody else can figure out how to address them, so they quit trying. If they can't make the soup, they should get out of the kitchen.
