on the one hand this is a fascinating inside narrative but it does have some broader implications talk a little bit about that I think that people generally think that you can learn Nothing by Monday morning quarterbacking why look at these people who are placed in a horrific situation uh but I know from having been in those situations that that was the thought for many years about humanitarian Aid we we go out there we do the best we can we can't possibly make it better and now that's not true anymore now there's actually a field of
humanitarian assistance where we look at those really extreme situations and we say how can we do better how can we ensure that as many people survive as possible how can we do our jobs uh in the best possible way and and and that human beings deserve that so I guess the real relevance here from a journalistic standpoint is to look at the fact that America is going to face future disasters we're going to have more hurricanes we have threats of pandemic diseases including influenza this season uh there are going to be times where resources are
limited there are going to be times unfortunately where government fails as Government failed these people and health workers and patients get trapped in very difficult situations so the question that the whole reason to go back and look at this is to say what can we learn what what is it that this story teaches us
