At 8:46 a.m. on the morning of September 11, 2001...World Trade Center Tower 1 was hit. Rick Rescorla (head of security for Morgan Stanley) heard the explosion and saw the tower burning from his office window. He disobeyed orders urging people to stay at their desks. He grabbed his bullhorn, walkie-talkie, cell phone, and began ordering employees to evacuate.
"Keep moving...keep moving.
Today is a day to be proud you are Americans.
Keep moving!"
He also sang songs (he had sang these songs to his troops in Vietnam) to calm the evacuees and boost their morale. In between songs, he called his wife...
"Stop crying. I have to get these people out safely.
If something should happen to me, I want you to know...
I've never been happier....You made my life."
Rick Rescorla
Vietnam Veteran/ 9-11 Hero
After evacuating 2,687 employees of Morgan Stanley, he went back into the building. When one of his co-workers told him he too should evacuate the World Trade Center, Rescorla replied,
"As soon as I make sure everyone else is out!"
Rescorla was last seen on the 10th floor, heading up the stairwell, shortly before the tower collapsed.
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| WE WILL NEVER FORGET |
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