Disaster at Hilshire

11 Feb 1997 Soc 313 Film Review 2 Disaster at Hillsborough Summary         The movie 'Disaster at Hillsborough' showed the complexity of a stampede. From the build-up of people outside the gate, to the disaster that ended in the death of 95 people.         The film started out outside the stadium where 95 people died at a soccer game. The stadium was not equipped for the masses of people to show up all at the same place at the same time. According to …

…in L.A. in that the leadership failed. The chief at Hillsborough froze and lost his capacity to control the situation. In L.A. the chief also lost his capacity of control. In both situations there was no plans for emergency procedures. In L.A. the police were undertrained and in Hillsborough there was just no plan in case something went wrong. The saddest part about these disasters is that they could possibly been prevented