The stampede at Penn Station after false reports of a lone gunman & the reaction to the fire at the Bellagio are quite different but point to the same solution. Where the people in New York over-reacted to a police officer tasering a disorderly individual, many people at the Bellagio didn’t react quick enough to a fire because they thought it was part of a “show”. The solution isn’t as simple but must become more effective because sometimes the reaction can be worse then the action that is occurring. There needs to better calmer and direct communications to the public at large and an orderly exit system should an emergency occur in any location especially those with large crowds. Testing and retesting needs to occur on a more regular basis even if it’s an initial inconvenience to better study and secure locations should an emergency occur. Now that we’ve seen the problem let us work toward a solution that saves life’s should such an emergency actually occur.