Communications problems figure huge in a 26-page staff report to ...
Communications problems figure huge in a 26-page staff report to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the U.S. on emergency response, released as the commission met in Manhattan Tues. to take testimony on emergency response. The report described…
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a series of communications breakdowns during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, including between police officers and firefighters. Former Sen. Gorton, a member of the commission, said one of the most distressing parts of the report was the failure of 911 services: “Calling 911 on Sept. 11 was a pointless exercise. They didn’t know as much as someone at home watching television.”