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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - "The Bravest Man I Ever Knew"

Posted: 10/3/2001 6:08:09 PM EDT

After a lifetime in which he cheated it many times, death caught up with Rick Rescorla halfway up the south tower of the World Trade Center.

But like a good soldier, he didn’t sell his life cheaply. Death took him only after he had cheated it again, helping to save 2,700 lives by relying on the instincts and the preparation that had served him well in battles on two continents.

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Bulldog Out

Posted: 10/3/2001 6:13:27 PM EDT

[#1]

another hero, along with the 500+ firefighters and police officers

Posted: 10/3/2001 6:18:46 PM EDT

[#2]

The definition of bravery:

"Going up when everyone else is going down..."

Thanks to Rick Rescorla and all the brave men and women who died trying to save the innocent civilians in the twin towers.

- CD

Posted: 10/3/2001 6:28:55 PM EDT

[#3]

I'm sure there are many more we don't even (yet) know about.

Semper Fi

Bulldog Out

Posted: 10/3/2001 6:43:16 PM EDT

[#4]

Lord Have Mercy, but that fellow was a brave man indeed. If any of those 2,700 folks ever have a male offspring in their families in the next, say, 100 years, that boy's name should be Rick Rescorla ________, whatever!

Eric The(Bereaved)Hun[>]:)]

Posted: 10/3/2001 8:22:04 PM EDT

[#5]

"“He’d take every possible contingency that could happen, and he’d come up with a plan for it,” Hill said. When the first plane hit the north tower, the Port Authority told workers in the south tower to stay put. But Rescorla disagreed and immediately executed an evacuation plan he had made the employees rehearse twice a year."
This is a hero in every sense of the word. Many Morgan Stanley employees are alive and owe this man a debt of gratitude. A true hero indeed.

Posted: 10/3/2001 11:08:11 PM EDT

[#6]

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Many Morgan Stanley employees are alive and owe this man a debt of gratitude. A true hero indeed.

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This kind of selflessness is few and far-between in the generation growing up today.

Posted: 10/3/2001 11:12:40 PM EDT

[#7]

He was a soldier.

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