Some 13 hours before the ball dropped in Times Square to usher in 2015, Shanghai officials dropped the ball in the touristy Bund area of the city. They failed to prepare for an influx of 300,000 revelers, and this - in part - led to the deaths of 36 Chinese citizens in a stampede. Sadly, it could've been prevented. Better planning, more police, quicker EMT response times... any of these may have mitigated the tragedy. However, none of them wer...