Rick Rescorla.
One of the few whose gravestone could simply state, "I led a life" and none would laugh.
Posted on 03/18/2005 9:20:10 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE
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NEVER FORGET
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...Now there is a way for all of us to help Mrs. SUSAN RESCORLA properly honor her Lifetime Lifesaving Hero husband RICK RESCORLA...
...who died so that 1,000's of others would live past a soon collapsing World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
...A Man for All Seasons who focused on saving the lives of others his entire life, so very willingly.
RICK RESCORLA - Lifetime Lifesaver
1965 Battle of the IA DRANG Valley
1993 Bombing of the World Trade Center
2001 Airstrikes on the World Trade Center
for: Sacrifice begets Sacrifice
for: LOVE is the Only Reality
for: GOD is LOVE
Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer / Veteran-1965 "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Batle of the IA DRANG Valley, Landing Zone Falcon
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NEVER FORGET
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102 Minutes : The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805076824/104-6285328-5697533?%5Fencoding=UTF8
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
In 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, New York Times writers Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn vividly recreate the 102-minute span between the moment Flight 11 hit the first Twin Tower on the morning of September 11, 2001, and the moment the second tower collapsed, all from the perspective of those inside the buildings--the 12,000 who escaped, and the 2,749 who did not. It's becoming easier, years later, to forget the profound, visceral responses the Trade Center attacks evoked in the days and weeks following September 11. Using hundreds of interviews, countless transcripts of radio and phone communications, and exhaustive research, Dwyer and Flynn bring that flood of responses back--from heartbreak to bewilderment to fury. The randomness of death and survival is heartbreaking. One man, in the second tower, survived because he bolted from his desk the moment he heard the first plane hit; another, who stayed at his desk on the 97th floor, called his wife in his final moments to tell her to cancel a surprise trip he had planned. In many cases, the deaths of those who survived the initial attacks but were killed by the collapse of the towers were tragically avoidable. Building code exemptions, communication breakdowns between firefighters and police, and policies put in place by building management to keep everyone inside the towers in emergencies led, the authors argue, to the deaths of hundreds who might otherwise have survived. September 11 is by now both familiar and nearly mythological. Dwyer and Flynn's accomplishment is recounting that day's events in a style that is stirring, thorough, and refreshingly understated. --Erica C. Barnett
Product Description:
The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted
At 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers-reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages, one witnessed only by the people who lived it-until now.
Of the millions of words written about this wrenching day, most were told from the outside looking in. New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn have taken the opposite-and far more revealing-approach. Reported from the perspectives of those inside the towers, 102 Minutes captures the little-known stories of ordinary people who took extraordinary steps to save themselves and others. Beyond this stirring panorama stands investigative reporting of the first rank. An astounding number of people actually survived the plane impacts but were unable to escape, and the authors raise hard questions about building safety and tragic flaws in New York's emergency preparedness.
Dwyer and Flynn rely on hundreds of interviews with rescuers, thousands of pages of oral histories, and countless phone, e-mail, and emergency radio transcripts. They cross a bridge of voices to go inside the infernos, seeing cataclysm and heroism, one person at a time, to tell the affecting, authoritative saga of the men and women-the nearly 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished-as they made 102 minutes count as never before.
My son is currently in training at Ft. Benning - graduates April 15th and then on to Airborne.
God bless all our brave men and women who are in the service.
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GARRY OWEN, Sir (7th Cavalry Salute)
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Never Forget bump.
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GARRY OWEN, Sir
(U.S. 7th Cavalry Salute 2-U)
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Just saw the movie again this weekend...it continues to send shivers down my spine despite successive viewings.
FReegards...MUD
Rick Rescorla.
One of the few whose gravestone could simply state, "I led a life" and none would laugh.
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I too saw the very much edited/shortened "WE WERE SOLDIERS" broadcast version on TNT and then I went to my DVD and saw it again full length and all the DVD's Special Features.
I still find it very calming listening to NICK-GLENNIE SMITH's superb Motion Picture Soundtrack that includes the inspiring hymn 'Mansions of the Lord' that was sung while President REAGAN's flag-draped casket was carried out of his Washington, D.C. Funeral Service.
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FReegards...MUD
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As the Battalion S-1 Personnel Clerk I do remember typing up Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE's handwritten Letters of Condolances to the Families and Loved Ones of our U.S. 7th Cavalry's dead and wounded of the Battle of IA DRANG-1965. Some going thru Mrs. JULIE MOORE for her personal hand delivery in Columbus GA outside Ft. Benning.
FReegards...MUD
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...Mrs.JULIE MOORE, then Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE's homebound wife in "WE WERE SOLDEIRS,"...
...passed on after a sudden short illness last year and was buried next to IA DRANG Hero Soldier JACK GILL at the Ft. Benning Post Cemetary on April 22, 2004.
...PAT TILLMAN, who was trained at the Ft. Benning Army Ranger School nearby, was killed in Afghanistan about the very same time that day.
I know. I was blessed to be there honoring the MOORE Family at Ft. Benning GA that day, where I said a Prayer for PAT TILLMAN at the entrance to his Ranger School on my way to the Post Cemetary.
At about the very time he was in the firefight of his life many 1,000's of miles away.
GOD is Good.
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He's gotta be fer a country like America to exist...MUD
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America,
such a wonderful country.
As it brings FREEDOM everywhere,
in our new LIBERTY Century.
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Writin' 'bout this District of Columb'yuh...
Federal Guv'ment's grown as big as hell!!
Fifty stars fer fifty unique Statehoods...
FReedom-lovers, you better stand up and yell!!
Leftists love their Sosh'list Tyranny...
RATS' stain is clear fer all to see...
Let's move along...RAT powers can't conceal...
Lackin' brains, RATS have no shame...
When Slick calls, RATS crawl back again...
Our Nation needs JUSTICE fer Bill'n'Hill!!
Good Morning, America, we love you!!
Hey, won't you know me, I'm a dude named "MUD"...
Righteous aim to shrink the District of Columb'yuh!!
RightWing songs...Rush Limbaugh smiles when he's FReeped by MUD!!
FReeper wars splintered old FRiends who're now LePers...
What was their point?! Now they're just FReeper lore...
Hey, I'll post 'bout anywhere just 'cuz I wanna!!
But FReeper zeal's got me comin' back fer more!!
Bless the sons who capture tyrants!!
Bless the sons who fight our fears!!
Fight the fascists who hate everything that's real!!
Dubyuh, SAFE this Nation keep...
Rockin' on, the FRee shall FReep!!
Folks, the Leftists always fail with their Raw Deal!!
Good Morning, America...we love you!!
Ray, cedarswingman...you know UncleShag?!
Righteous aim to shrink the District of Columb'yuh!!
FReeper sons, fight like you fight when yer home's attacked!!
Right's high in the District of Columb'yuh...
State's must stand fer Righteous Liberty!!
Guv'ment's grown, but we'll shrink it with Dubyuh...
We'll git Slick Willie his Justice...showin' Power 'cuz we're FRee!!
We fight the Power...we're not feeble sheep!!
We FReep 'til the Lib'rals weep...
Still, Left's Medyuh shills their Lib'ral views!!
Next, George Dubyuh leads 'gainst evil men...
We must next RE-IMPEACH Clinton!!
Slick's fate's consigned to Dem squeeeelin' prison blues!!
Good Morning, America...I LOVE YOU!!
Nation shall know me...I'm a man named "MUD"!!
I'm Left's Bane...won't fall fer idiots in Big Guv'ment!!
Right must shun Dem Lib'ral LIES 'cuz RATS're Commie SCUM!!
RightWing songs shall make ya smile when Ol' Slick is done!!
Mudboy Slim (15 March 2005)
RICK RESCORLA BUMP!!!
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And now there are 25,000 Signatures on the U.S. 7th Cavalry's Petition for President BUSH to give posthumously the Presidential Medal of FREEDOM to RICK RESCORLA and his loving family:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?pmfrick
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Garry Owen!
http://www.contemplator.com/ireland/gowen.html
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ALOHA tgsltakoma
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