September 24, 2005
Renewed focus on disaster communications
MSNBC reports on how communications went out during Hurricane Katrina and how much our governemnt failed us.
"I think Americans should be angry that we failed our responsibilities, partciularly after 9/11," he says. On Sept. 11, 2001, Sen. John McCain,said, many lives were lost, because first responders couldn't communicate.
People were dying in the streets with no way to call for an ambulance. Many first responders had to run to find help.
Who's to blame? McCain says first, Congress, and second, TV broadcasters who, he says, have refused to give up space on the airwaves that first responders need.
In its defense, the National Association of Broadcasters says "local television stations provide a lifeline service" to viewers during disasters.
McCain hopes Katrina will finally force broadcasters and Congress to act."
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