The firemen's nets proved inadequate to catch the jumpers, and most fell through to the sidewalk, dying quickly of their injuries.
Here's the good news: everyone fears that they will be exposed, look inadequate, get caught vulnerable, or be unprepared.
Meanwhile, we often punish the children born to such feckless adults with the kind of inadequate schooling and catch-as-catch-can support systems that leave them struggling to imagine an alternative to what the singer Kacey Musgraves has so aptly dubbed the "broken merry-go-round".
The only unusual thing is that the inadequate perpetrator was caught and given a comparatively strong sentence last month.
The migrant label is indeed oversimplified and inadequate as a catch-all term to explain all motivations and patterns of movement.
The firing pins broke, the magazine fell off, the bolt-release button broke, the triggers got stuck, the cleaning kit wouldn't clean, the butt plate broke, the cheek-pad fell off, the cheek-pad melted, the cartridge cases wouldn't eject properly, the bolt carrier didn't fit properly, the locking pins holding the gun together were inadequate, and the safety catch wasn't safe.
We become better able to catch ourselves when we start feeling inadequate or blaming others, questioning if these constricted emotions might be a sign that we're tired or simply need a break.
At one point, when he talks about the prospect of people getting inadequate care at the end of their lives, I hear a little catch in his voice.
The poet Adrienne Rich caught that power with "as long as our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless.... Our process may be 'revolutionary' but not transformative".
The systems and clinical processes to prevent, catch, and correct problems that have the potential to affect patients are inadequate in Al-Mukala health centres.
