Posted on 09/10/2011 11:52:29 AM PDT by mgiorgino
Ten years ago on 9/11, Rick Rescorla was on duty on the 44th floor of the World Trade Center, tower two. He was vice president for corporate security at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., and a jumbo jet had just plowed into the other tower.
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As I've heard said about other soldiers, let's not mourn his loss, but be thankful such men were born.
And they would have killed me and a whole lot of my friends, who never did anything to harm you or yours. There ARE true public servants in DC, few and far between, maybe, but they exist. They (we, on 9/11/01) are human beings who did not, do not, deserve to die horrible deaths at the hands of terrorists.
The US Constitution and the freedoms it protects give you the ability, the responsibility, to replace your representatives if they do not meet your standards. You do yourself a grievous dishonor if you wish death on your own countrymen.
God Bless you and take care.
What a dope!
Ridiculous.
Thank you for remembering, for writing and for posting this here at FR. Did you happen to see the portion of the “reading of the names” at Ground Zero on the morning of 9/11/2011, when Rick’s daughter honored his memory? I was glad I caught that moment. Instead of seeming sad, she seemed proud:).
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Secty Napolitano Presents DHS ..Distinguished Public Service Medal.. Posthumously to RICHARD “RICK” RESCORLA
Lt. RICK RESCORLAs Photo is on the cover of Joe Galloway & Lt. Gen. Hal G. Moore (Ret.)s bestselling book the WE WERE SOLDIERS motion picture is based. Saving many lives back then in that battle I personally witnessed, RICK RESCORLA went on to save 2,700 more lives on 9/11, before selflessly sacrificing his own that infamous morning. Last night the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano presented his 9/11 Widow Susan and Son with the DHS ..Distinguished Public Service Medal.. Posthumously.
http://blog.dhs.gov/2011/09/honoring-rick-rescorla.html
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NEVER FORGET
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At Anaheim Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast this morning right across from DISNEYLAND, Keynote Speaker BILL BENNETT stressed the importance of re-instilling COURAGE back into America’s Men. Just like in his new book titled “The Book of Man’ he cited as the prime example for all such men to now courageously follow as ..one.. =
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NEVER FORGET
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