The Man Who Walked Back Up the Stairs
On September 11, 2001, Rick Rescorla stood in the stairwell of the World Trade Center's South Tower with a bullhorn in hand and a lifetime...
This is a contemporary on preparation and sacrifice, drawing on Proverbs 27:12.
On September 11, 2001, Rick Rescorla stood in the stairwell of the World Trade Center's South Tower with a bullhorn in hand and a lifetime of preparation behind him. The Cornish-born Vietnam veteran had served with the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965. As head of security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, he had studied the towers' vulnerabilities after the 1993 bombing and warned leadership that terrorists would strike again — this time from the air.…
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