I have to agree with hiker about this situation having to do with politics.
It seems, it takes tragedies like this to make us realize that we aren't really prepared.
I'm not pointing fingers at this administration because this could have happened 10 years ago and I believe the results would have benn the same.
We thought that we had learned something from 9/11. A lot of criticism was around then about how disorganized the NYPD and NYFD were because of faulty equipment and things.
It seems to be that nothing is really done until after something terrible happens.