...I remember back in the mid 80s, reading a book on the Israelis and how they were trying to defend against just such an attack
...why were our people [ in the defense departments/CIA/FBI/etc ] so surprised by this method of attack?--at least that's what I read
...but I'm not surprised
a lot of people [ even cops/FBI/etc ] are not '''street wise'''
prime example is the Camp Chapman attack
...I remember back in the mid 80s, reading a book on the Israelis and how they were trying to defend against just such an attack
...why were our people [ in the defense departments/CIA/FBI/etc ] so surprised by this method of attack?--at least that's what I read
...but I'm not surprised
a lot of people [ even cops/FBI/etc ] are not '''street wise'''
prime example is the Camp Chapman attack
Does anyone here know the story behind the man with the rifle in the picture?
The man on the cover of this book was not surprised. He was a friend, a battle buddy and one of the smartest men I ever knew. I knew him from mid 1965 until his death on 9-11-2001. Every November 14th we attended a reunion in Arlington, VA. From Nov' 93 until Nov 2000 he would talk about the danger of militant Islam. None of us doubted him and little did we know that his prediction would happen at his workplace. There was a documentary of him after 9/11 and he became known as the man who predicted 9/11. When the book photograph was taken I was walking directly behind the guy who took the picture.
His name is Cyril Richard Rick" Rescorla and he was chief of security for Morgan-Stanley at the WTC. He was responsible for saving the lives of many people before the towers fell. I will post an article and a Youtube video to do the explaining. I am fortunate to have known him.
Rick Rescorla
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Cyril Richard Rescorla (May 27, 1939 – September 11, 2001) was a
United States Army officer and private security officer of British origin who served as a
commissioned officer in the
Vietnam War, where he was a
second lieutenant in the United States Army.[2]
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 many lives.[3] He died during the
attacks of September 11, 2001, while leading evacuees from the South Tower.
Early years
Rick Rescorla was born in
Hayle,
Cornwall, on May 27, 1939.[1][2] He grew up there with his grandparents and his mother, who worked as a housekeeper and companion to the elderly.[3] In 1943, his hometown of Hayle served as headquarters for the 175th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division, largely composed of U.S. soldiers from Maryland and Virginia preparing for the
D-Day invasion of
Normandy.[4] Young Rescorla idolized the U.S. soldiers and wanted to become a soldier because of them.[5]
Rescorla was a natural sportsman, setting a school record in the shot put, and was an avid boxer. When a professional boxing match was scheduled between a British boxer and a U.S. heavyweight contender named
Tami Mauriello, his friends backed the Briton. Rescorla stated, "I'm for Tammy" [sic] and after Mauriello won the fight everyone in Hayle knew him as "Tammy".[6]
Rick Rescorla | Revolvy
The video of The Man Who Predicted 9/11.