‘The bravest man I ever knew’

Army Times ^ | Sean D. Naylor

[Gamecock]

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

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

Memorial Day 1966 =

Americans say Vietnam Veterans are too close to the action to know what the Vietnam War is really all about.

Memorial Day 2002 =

Former CIA Director ..JAMES WOOLSEY.. says that a new Commission of America's -Best and Brightest- Minds should be brought together in a D.C. Conference Room to come up with recommendations on how to best fight a World War on Terrorism...

...with a picture hanging on the wall above them of Vietnam Veteran ..RICK RESCORLA.. of the Battle of IA DRANG-1965 shining down as ..THE.. Example to follow in protecting our Country...!!!

What a fitting Memorial Day Tribute to -The Vietnam Veteran- ...just when it is most needed...

...with an Enemy that is now around the corner and up your Street...???

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[Snow Bunny]

Thank you Ronnie!

Thank you for serving our country and for still serving in so many different ways even now.

[PLMerite]

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[goldilucky]

Good evening. Heard you on the JW show. It was nice to hear you again. Ernie Norris was right on about the Chandra Levy case. He's got a good nose to know it was Condit. I believe that too.

Rick Rescorla was a true hero in our times. Too bad our own local tv doesn't mention one bit about him.

[dcwusmc]

Bump for later

[Joy Angela]

Was Rick Rescorla the Port Captain who the author of Last Man Down speaks of in his book? There were some Port Authority officers who wanted to go back up in the Tower to get their captain, but the Fire Chief made the call, that no, there wasn't time...everyone had to get down and out.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...RICK RESCORLA... was the 1st VP for Security for the Morgan Stanley Brokerage House that occupied the middle 20 floors of Tower 2 right below where the 2nd Jet Airliner hit on September 11, 2001.

...He predicted the 1st Bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 ahead of time as well as his own death at the hands of Muslim Extremists.

...He was the last man out, saving 1,000's of lives, during the WTC Bombing-1993 and was in the process of doing the same on Septh 11th when Tower 2 came down on him.

...It was ..RICK RESCORLA.. and his old Army Buddy/Terrorism Expert ..DAN HILL.. that together brought to prosecutors the Brooklyn Mosque's Blind Muslim Cleric who masterminded the 1993 WTC Bombing... not a CLINTON Administration that to this day uses RICK and DAN's example as its own saying on National TV that this is why it cannot be said that it was soft on Terrorism during the 1990's ...WHEN IT WAS.

...Boy is ..RICK RESCORLA.. ever so sorely missed now as we try to second guess the enemy over what's in store for US next like he did so successfully at the Battle of IA DRANG-1965, the World Trade Center Bombings of 1993 and the World Trade Center Airstrikes of 2001.

...Like his Picture hangs on the Cover of the National Bestseller .."WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE and YOUNG".. and our U.S. 7th Cavalry's Home Page.. www.LzXray.com ..

...I'm sure I have a another picture of him that I took amongst my own personal 1,000 Vietnam Slides, some of which can be seen in the.. www.LzXray.com ..IA DRANG - Interest.. Section's...

..'Ronnie Guyer Photo Collection'..

GARRY OWEN, Sir

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...and as GOD would have it All in His Plan...

...there I was blessed to be Co-Narrating the 2nd Jet Airliner Airstrike on Tower 2 on the morning of Sept 11th with Former Congressman ..BOB DORNAN.. on his own Nationally Syndicated...

.. www.TalkRadioNetwork.com ..Talk Radio Show...

...as it hit just above where ..RICK RESCORLA.. was sitting 36 years after we were both in the -Valley of Death- known as the IA DRANG Valley of 1965 where I had also been a witness to his Heroism on behalf of others thru Radio.

AMAZING.

[goldilucky]

...there I was blessed to be Co-Narrating the 2nd Jet Airliner Airstrike on Tower 2 on the morning of Sept 11th with Former Congressman ..BOB DORNAN.. on his own Nationally Syndicated...

And while you were narrating the event, I was just waking up from visions of it in my dream. Man, I'll never forget that day.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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...It's now...

...12,351... RICK RESCORLA ..Medal of Freedom Award Petition Signatures for President BUSH to consider and...

...that's just ...OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!

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[ALOHA RONNIE]

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And now this from today's News -

'EFFORT TO RECOVER REMAINS AT GROUND ZERO TO END'

NEW YORK - The long, painstaking effort to recover human remains from the World Trade Center debris will officially end next week when a Staten Island land fill site is closed, officials said Tuesday.

...The death toll from the Sept. 11th attacks will stand at ..2,813.. unless there are new discoveries or revisions.

NOTE: And what if there were no LifeSaver ..RICK RESCORLA.. around on that 2nd Day of Infamy to save the ..1,000's.. that he did...???

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[tinacart]

"You are in good hands, we will always defend, and we will always sacrifice. We've been trained to do that."
This belief is what keeps me going as I look around at the horrors the tv and liberal media brings to us on a daily basis (No more "under God" - hitlery in the White House will save us - worship at the altar of Aids, etc.). I try to remember that you are all out there, and God is above, and I thank you. Some days are just tougher than others...

[Inspector Harry Callahan]

BTTT

[Inspector Harry Callahan]

Everyone be sure to read reply #102.

[HighWheeler]

I want to mention something that is very important about this event.

Several survivors were saying later that day that they would have stayed based on the notice to stay, but they decided to evacuate only after seeing so many others leaving. These "others" all started with the MS employees.

Rescorla started the wave of MS employee's evacuation, which in turn motivated other smaller groups to follow the wave. This resulted in the evacuation of the majority of people in the tower before the second plane hit.

Rescorla should be given the Presidential Medal of Freedom - not only for his lifelime of selfless acts of bravery, but his key leadership initiative to evacuate the tower, resulting in his saving of thousands of lives, and his forward thinking preparedness which made the evacuation so successful.


"The Presidential Medal of Freedom is America's highest civilian award and,
among all American honors, it ranks second to only the Medal of Honor
-the nation's highest military award. This great honor is reserved
for individuals the President deems to have made especially
meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the
United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public
or private endeavors. Though it may be awarded for singular acts of
momentous import, it is generally conferred only for a lifetime of service
or at the conclusion of a distinguished career. On February 22, 1963,
President Kennedy issued an Executive Order creating the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.... to be presented in two degrees,
the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction (the higher
degree), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom."


Rescorla exceeds the qualifications for this medal on all counts, especially with his distinguished service to our country.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...After the CLINTONS refused 3 Free Offers from the Sudan to bring OSAMA here during the 1990's t'is...


'911 Remembered: RICK RESCORLA was a Soldier'


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/978534/posts?page=22

(Outstanding Article & Thread)

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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BLAIR Calls For Posthumous Medal For 9-11 Hero - RICK RESCORLA

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1407733/posts

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[Gamecock]

Thanks for the ping!

Garry Owen!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Lifesaver RICK RESCORLA's statue joyfully unveiled - Ft. Benning GA

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1608896/posts


The History Channel's event TV Coverage:

8:00 pm, September 11th, 2006

Our 5th Anniversary of that Day of Imfamy on American soil


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[Gamecock]

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