[DUMBGRUNT]

"From Pulitzer Prize winner James B. Stewart comes the extraordinary story of American hero Rick Rescorla, Morgan Stanley security director and a veteran of Vietnam and the British colonial wars in Rhodesia, who lost his life on September 11."

Not much I can add to this story but to suggest a reread.

This is an early framework of " Heart of a soldier : a story of love, heroism, and September 11th"

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” ― George S. Patton Jr.

[jocon307]

I remember this great piece! I doubt it could be published today, certainly not by The New Yorker.

[TigerHawk]

“People like Rick, they don’t die old men. They aren’t destined for that and it isn’t right for them to do so. It just isn’t right, by God, for them to become feeble, old, and helpless sons of bitches. There are certain men born in this world, and they’re supposed to die setting an example for the rest of the weak bastards we’re surrounded with.”

IT’S THESE WORDS ROLLED TEARS DOWN MY CHEEKS. FOR I HAVE BECOME FEEBLE, OLD, AND HELPLESS...NO LONGER A DANGER.
LIKE THE COBRA IN THE KORDA BROTHERS’ FILM “THE JUNGLE BOOK” STARRING SABU, I HAVE OUTLIVED MY POISON.

DAN HILL WAS ASTUTE AND KNEW THE SCORE. DON’T MOURN THE LOSS OF RICK RESCORLA, BUT REJOICE IN HIS PASSING WHILE HE WAS FIGHTING, STILL ACTIVE, AND HAD NOT BECOME FEEBLE, OLD, AND HELPLESS...WHILE HIS VENOM WAS STILL STRONG. HE DIED LIKE A WARRIOR SHOULD, WITH HIS HONOR AND VIRILITY INTACT!!!

HE KEPT THE FAITH!