[opendtv] Re: News: McCain Slams Broadcasters
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:53:16 -0700
somebody hasn't been paying attention in (several fields.)
When the order was given to evacuate the buildings -- to the fire and police
personnel, not the general in/out alarms -- the message couldn't get through
due to jammed frequencies with all the emergency personnel in lower
manhattan, trying to communicate on their two ways, at the time.
It was in all the newspapers -- for months -- and featured on TV. Oh, yeah,
on CABLE NEWS. and bert doesn't yet 'get' cable, and the long form news
content available there.
John Willkie
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From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:16 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: McCain Slams Broadcasters
> http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA608450.html?display=3DBreaking=
> +
> News&referral=3DSUPP
>
> "McCain and the mothers of two 9/11 victims said New York
> City rescue workers' communications problems played a role
> in the deaths of hundreds killed in the Sept. 11, 2001
> terrorist attacks."
>
> Not that I oppose pulling the plug on analog, but is that
> assertion true? My understanding was that the NYC
> hospitals, after manning up to receive a massive influx of
> wounded, were instead next to empty. The salvage effort,
> which kept firefighters busy for weeks, turned up very few
> survivors, in fact.
>
> It seemed to me that the unexpected collapse of the two
> towers is what created the bulk of the casualties, and
> that not much in the way of RF communications channels
> could have prevented that?
>
> Bert
>
>
>
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