The Shepherd Who Practiced the Rescue
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Rick Rescorla stood on the forty-fourth floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower and did what he...
This is a contemporary on preparation and sacrifice, drawing on John 10:11.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Rick Rescorla stood on the forty-fourth floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower and did what he had rehearsed a thousand times. The former British-born soldier — a decorated Vietnam veteran who had fought at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965 — was now head of security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, the building's largest tenant.…
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