Posted on 08/02/2005 9:07:46 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine's brother
It's the hope of those who knew and worked alongside Rick Rescorla that the former security chief of Morgan Stanley be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Tomorrow evening, at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, top officials of Morgan Stanley will join Mr. Rescorla's widow, Susan, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James B. Stewart -- who recounts Mr. Rescorla's heroism from the Vietnam War to September 11 in the book "Heart of a Soldier" -- in recognizing the Rick Rescorla Foundation, which promotes everything from patriotism to a scholarship fund for children of fallen members of the armed forces.
"At one point, he was on the 10th floor and [Morgan Stanley] Executive Vice President John Olson Sr. said, 'Rick, you need to get out, too.' Rescorla's reply was, 'I will leave once everyone else has exited the building,' and then proceeded to walk back up the stairs, never to be seen again."
Mr. Kemple said Morgan Stanley lost 13 employees September 11, out of the firm's 3,400 who worked in the World Trade Center complex
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Like Hal Moore I'm guessing he made a promise to himself to be the last off the field of battle.
Thought you might be interested.
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HEART OF A SOLDIER is a fine book. Even those wussies at TIME Mag called it ''Best Non-Fiction of 2002''.
Check out www.RickRescorla.com
A great American, on the battlefields of Vietnam and New York. Rick deserves recogition for what he did on 9/11. I sometimes wonder if he had a premonition.
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