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May 27, 1939 Hayle, England, United Kingdom Died on 11 Sep 2001 (aged 62)
War hero, and victim and hero of 9/11
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About Rick Rescorla
- Cyril Richard Rescorla (May 27, 1939 – September 11, 2001) was a soldier, police officer and private security specialist of British origin.
- He served as a British army paratrooper during the Cyprus Emergency and a United States commissioned officer in the Vietnam War.
- He rose to the rank of colonel in the United States Army.
- As the director of security for the financial services firm Morgan Stanley at the World Trade Center, Rescorla anticipated attacks on the towers and implemented evacuation procedures credited with saving thousands of lives.
- He died during the attacks of September 11, 2001, while leading evacuees from the South Tower.
