lemaymiami
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I finally got to view the program that the military channel did about the recent attack in Norway... It's titled "90 minutes, Assault on Oslo" and it was pretty well done. They did a step by step of the incident, along with what's been learned of the planning, tactics, etc, by the monster involved. For a public presentation it was fairly low key and kept the emotional component minimized. I'd rate it as worth viewing, particularly for those involved in emergency services or anyone else with similar interests.
Some years ago, well before 9-11, I was very interested in planning for responses to this kind of stuff. My concerns were much more about terrorism with a small "T" since the town I worked for had a fair number of synagogues... Nothing ever occurred so the effort was never needed and I was long out of police work when the strike on 9-11 changed our world (and our world view). I'd like to think that an armed citizen would have ended this monster's attack long before he rolled up a big body count if the incident occurred over here....
One other item of interest.... one of the survivors said that when the police did finally arrive, many victims thought that the gunman had just gotten reinforcements since the shooter was also wearing a police uniform....
Some years ago, well before 9-11, I was very interested in planning for responses to this kind of stuff. My concerns were much more about terrorism with a small "T" since the town I worked for had a fair number of synagogues... Nothing ever occurred so the effort was never needed and I was long out of police work when the strike on 9-11 changed our world (and our world view). I'd like to think that an armed citizen would have ended this monster's attack long before he rolled up a big body count if the incident occurred over here....
One other item of interest.... one of the survivors said that when the police did finally arrive, many victims thought that the gunman had just gotten reinforcements since the shooter was also wearing a police uniform....