Why 9/11 Happened

In an incident that caused nearly 3,000 deaths that could have been reduced of the death toll or avoided if only America was prepared. The contributing factor for the loss of lives in the towers was the unpreparedness of the emergency departments. All the chaos in 9/11 could have been avoided if only people were prepared for these emergencies. Emergency responders came to the scene, but they weren’t organised and weren’t working together to save more lives as a result more people died. I The reason why 9/11 even happened was because the U.S security wasn’t prepare for any kind of threat; also the lack of communication between the emergency services was contributing factor to the loss of life. Also durant the book 102 minutes: The Unforgettable
One would believe that the U.S has the most functional departments, but in 9/11 they did not respond well to the disaster. Before 9/11 even happen the departments did not get well with each other, in fact “the FDNY and NYPD each considered itself operationally autonomous” (heroism). This shows when it came to 9/11 they were not prepared, even if they should have been working together to save more people they still did not communicate with each other. Since they considered each other apart, they did not cooperate with each other to save more life and to have better communication with each
Before people going to the airports could get away with a lot of things that today would be considered completely dangerous. Also, after 9/11 they install the Department of Homeland Security. In a article it talks about was what the security before 9/11 and one of the facts were that “you could bring blades up to 4 inches long aboard a plane”( O’Connor). Also you could have brought baseball bats, box cutters, darts, knitting needles and scissors were also allowed on board, according to an FAA manual obtained by CBS News. That’s why the terrorist were able to take the plane