"The real heroes are dead" This is a quote attributed to Cyril Richard Rescorla. Rescorla was British and originally trained as a Paratrooper in BA. He later f

"The real heroes are dead" This is a quote attributed to Cyril Richard Rescorla. Rescorla was British and originally trained as a Paratrooper in BA. He later found himself as a Platoon leader in AirMobile Infantry [0] distinguishing himself in la Drang Valley 1965 in the first American encounter with NVA. Hard-core as they come. A measure of a persons character is how they conduct themselves under extreme pressure. Rescorla would sing Welsh tunes to calm his troops in that desperate battle reported by reporter Joe Gallaway. A book was co-written with the Commander, Hall Moore and later turned into a film, "Once we were Soldiers" It was reported Rescorla, a Security Officer for Morgan Stanley also present in the '93 bombings (great side story, Rescorla infiltrated and identified a radical Iman at a NY Mosque who was later charged) made his views clear that MS should have moved out of the WTC. Rescorla was in his office on the 44th floor at 8:48 a.m., when the first plane struck the neighboring tower. At 9:10 a.m., a plane hit the second building where Morgan Stanley, an international financial services firm, had offices between the 43rd and 66th floors. Survivors said Rescorla grabbed a bullhorn and cleared out 3,800 workers from 20 floors. [0] In being unsuccessful, Rescorla organised and drilled all MS employees every three months in fire evac procedures. [1] "Rick could be heard saying "... be proud to be an American ... everyone will be talking about you tomorrow," and singing God Bless America and other patriotic and military songs over his bullhorn to help evacuees stay calm as they left the tower." [2] The title of the article comes from when Gallaway put the image of Rescorla [3] on the front cover. Rescorla is reported to not have read the book, nor wanted any recognition saying, "The real heroes are dead". [0] http://www.weweresoldiers.net/rick.htm http://www.weweresoldiers.net/rick.htm [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rescorla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rescorla [2],[3] http://history.army.mil/news/2015/151100a_Rescorla.html http://history.army.mil/news/2015/151100a_Rescorla.html