#2 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn

One horrible aspect about September 11 is that fact that so many measures could have been taken against it. In 1993 a terrorist attack was taken against the World Trade center, identifying it as a target. Since then, Firemen and Policeman were encouraged to work and train together to eliminate miscommunication errors. Brand new handheld radios were given to both departments that went unused.  As it was, miscommunication ended up being a large factor in the chaos of 9/11. Nobody could get in touch with those trapped inside the building and contradictory orders concerning the evacuating of the second tower confused things further. May people were being told to stay while others were told to leave. 

In addition, many fire codes were bent or broken during construction of these two buildings to increase profitability. Because of this, fires were everywhere and the poisonous smoke added to the confusion. The crash of the plane had knocked out the water pipes that supplied the water sprinklers and soon the fires consumed several floors. It came to the point where the Firefighters no longer even thought of putting out the fire. The only thing to do know was rescue those whom they could.  

Another fact that makes me the most sick of all was that WE helped prepare the terrorists. They learned to fly here in the United States. Normally, I would not hold this against the U.S., but in this case we were given an extraordinary clue. They told us that they wanted to learn how to fly a plane, but did not care to learn how to land it.