Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Mistakes, Oversights, Problems

One of the main purposes of the 9/11 Commission was to identify and correct mistakes that were occuring at all levels of the United States government and in private companies such as the airlines that allowed the hijackers to carry out thier attacks.

Think about what you have read and come up with a "Top 3 List" of the worst mistakes, oversights, and/or problems that made you think "that should have been fixed," or ""that should have never happened," or even "WHAT WERE WE THINKING?!?!?".

Post a single comment with your "Top 3" list in order from least important (3) to most important (1).

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13 comments:

  1. Alyssa SupeniaSeptember 24, 2009 at 7:57 AM

    1. Airport security- these terrorist had knives and such and still got on the planes with them.
    2. We never reacted to all the obvious signs that were given to us.
    3. We should of known that something was going to happen, we are one of the most powerful countries in the world why didnt we see the 9/11 attacks coming?

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  2. emily millerSeptember 24, 2009 at 8:01 AM

    1). they let the terrorist still get on the planes after beeped going through the metal dectors.
    2). the aircraft controllers losted contact with all 4 planes, no one knew what was going on.
    3). no one from the white house knew what was going on, and the president was in florida and they all found out from the T.v.

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  3. Katelyn McCaulleySeptember 24, 2009 at 8:09 AM

    1.they let the three arab nationals go after they set off an alarm.
    2.the lines of communication were not working well
    3.the FBI did not have agents with relevant educational background

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  4. Coleman HarrisSeptember 25, 2009 at 7:48 AM

    1.when the metal detector went off and the didnt figure out what sent it off they just let them through.
    2.When all these signs where bei ng shown befor the attack and no one did anything.
    3.Noone in the government, even the president didnt know the facts on 9/11.

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  5. ian taylorSeptember 25, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    1.not any emergency procedures for airplane hijackings.
    2.no one guarding the cockpit of the plane
    3.no one ne notified the major government people about the hijacking and the high government people learned it from the news

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  6. Lisa PhillipsSeptember 28, 2009 at 8:05 AM

    3)Should have been nicer to all the other countries.
    2) should have told the FBI what ever they found out instead of keeping it on the company.
    1)The airport should have never left the hijackers on the airplane. They should have at least checked them to see why the metal detectors went off.

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  7. Dalton ZeidersSeptember 29, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    1. the FBI focused on regular day crimes after 9/11
    2.Our airport security wasnt very good at the time
    3.Cohen and Rumsfeld gave their attention to other challenges

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  8. Travis ShaufSeptember 29, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    1)security should have questioned these guys and searched them.
    2)box cutters are considerd a weapon it can be used to really hurt or even kill.
    3)these arabs looked suspicious if i was one of the security guards i would take them in for questioning

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  9. Kayla BaronySeptember 29, 2009 at 8:03 AM

    3) they let the terrorists on the plane, even though the metal detecters went off.
    2) the pilots lost communication with all of the planes.
    1) the government didn't know what was going on, so they learned what was happening from the news.

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  10. michael berrySeptember 29, 2009 at 8:14 AM

    3)we saw signs and never thought they were a threat.
    2)airport security let them go when they set the metal detectors off and never checked to see the reason for the metal detectors going off.
    1)the bases were illinformed of the events that were in motion.

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  11. Cody BrownSeptember 30, 2009 at 8:10 AM

    1. Aftering having the one hijacker set the metal detector off, they still left him go through...
    2. The pilots lost cummunication with with all the other planes...
    3. No one in the government, nor the president knew anything about the facts of 9/11

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  12. nick wolfeSeptember 30, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    1. i think the number 1 mistake was they couldnt find the hijacked planes for at least 35 minutes.
    2. they let the hijackers through the airport after they set the alarm off.
    3.no one from the white house knew what was going on, they had to turn their t.v's on to find out

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  13. Brandon GrossSeptember 30, 2009 at 9:11 AM

    3)the metal detectors went off and they still let the terrorist on the plane.
    2)we were never prepared for an attack like 9/11.
    1)they never informed the president about the attacks on 9/11.

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