I finally got to watch this production during the past week after knowing peripherally about the story. Wow–incredibly powerful. And, as usual, there was so much I did not know–KSH. Here is the blurb about it to whet your appetite:
See how one man’s conviction and determination helped save 3,000 lives on 9/11.
In 2001, Rick Rescorla was the 62-year-old head of security at the Morgan Stanley Bank. The bank’s offices were situated high up in the South Tower at the World Trade Center. Rescorla was convinced that Osama Bin Laden would use jet planes to try and destroy the World Trade Center.
Long before September 11th, he developed an evacuation plan for the bank. The plan and its preparation were hugely unpopular with the Morgan Stanley staff, many of whom thought Rescorla was mad. Ultimately, however, the plan saved 3,000 lives. It was put into effect after the first jet hit the North Tower–even though WTC managers were instructing everyone to stay in the buildings. When the second jet hit the South Tower, Rescorla averted panic and organized a rapid evacuation. Rescorla went back inside to help the injured and trapped get out. He was still inside when the building collapsed and his body was never found.
9/11 was just another chapter in the life of this magnificent man. Born British, American by choice. Read about him in the Vietnam War autobiography of his commanding officer, We Were Soldiers Once, And Young. A Cassandra, but with the strength of an Atlas, running in to hold up the heavens after his warnings were ignored, several times throughout his life.
I caught this doc several years ago, I think the year it came out. Very well done and its subject… Great man.
Out of the cable documentaries, I also recommend the one about the two guys who kept going up and up and to clear floors and lead people to the stairs before the tower they were in collapsed.