Remembering Rick Rescorla | Vietnam Vet who saved 2,700 lives on 9/11 | Bill Van Scoyoc 

I wonder if he ever got sick of being told "If it wasn't for us you'd be speaking German".

@@dellawrence4323 So you weren't born on 9/11 and you felt like coming here to make an unfunny joke was a good use of your time...I mean...do you, I guess.

@Jenny Chapman Rick Rescorla joined US army and fought in the Vietnam War. So he's both English and American! We american are very proud of him for saving over 2700 lives on sept 11, 2001! A great man and hero!!

Why did he want to join the Vietnam war?

@@nillyk5671 : If I'm correct, it was his time in the Rhodesian Police Force that played as a "deciding factor" in being an anti Communist and the rest is history.

>"All the real heroes are dead." That line of thinking is pretty common in the military. My WWII vet great-grandfather who was awarded a Silver Star threw it in the garbage and said "I'm not a hero! The only heroes are dead heroes."

Thank you for the clarification regarding Rick R. I clicked on this video to learn more about "The Vietnam Vet..." not knowing his role in the events of 9/11. 25 minutes in I still knew little other than he did safety training and had leadership abilities. I wish they had put sometime like your summary in the beginning of the video so the interview made more sense. Kudos to the gentleman being interviewed but this clip is more about him than Rick.

@@Lynn-kh5rs So, I'm a bit confused. I am unfamiliar with Rick's story. Did he survive the attack? Is he still alive? What happened to him? The title is misleading. I thought I would hear Mr. Lescorla tell his own story. Who is the narrator? I'm not hearing anything about Rick R. so far and the video is over half over. Okay, finally the interviewer clarifies that Rick was one of 12 people who didn't make it out.

@@lemorab1Rick was one of the 12 from MS that did not survive. I never met him but was employed by MS and was one of the 276 trainees, it is my understanding Rick was behind all of us in getting out. MS was the largest lease holder at the time with over 20 floors. Our training was held on 61st floor but tons of other MS employees who worked in the building daily were all spread out amongst those floors - he was floor sweepin making sure everyone was out - since MS only lost 12 people, they had to have at least made it to the stairwell and were on their way down when WTC2 crumbled.

@@missyscarborough1301 Thank you so much for this clarification! My good friends Janette MacKinlay and Jim Lecce lived across the street from the WTC, on the opposite (rear) side of the building that got hit first, and rumors abounded about what had happened, because no one could see anything. They didn't realize they were in Deep Sh*t until the tower literally began to collapse and everyone ran into the enclosed, central hallway of the apartment building. Janette wrote a detailed book about her personal experience of 9/11 and the immediate aftermath, self-published, called "Fortunate." Janette and Jim both died of cancer in 2010.

I've been doing the same thing, Sherri. I've heard some stories that I had never heard before. Like you, I believe it is important to revisit the happenings of 9/11, to remind us how fragile life is and quickly things can change. We remember so we will NEVER FORGET!

Me too 🥺

Me too. I've been watching them too. They're horrible. BUT...I strongly believe we need to be reminded. Even if we think of it a lot, going back to visit raw footage of that day, it's still horrifying, but should rekindle that spirit of brotherly love and fighting for freedom that many have smothered recently.

Ditto : one of the documentaries is "60 Minutes" and Barack Obama explains why his administration took the decision to terminate the elusive terrorist chief, Osama Bin Laden. No doubt a lot happened in two decades since - best left to the imagination as some of its harrowing - each and every one of us should take away those experiences (good and bad) then make sure it never happens again.

Same!! Iv been binging on them also. I was 15 years old when the towers got hit. I was in 10th grade religion class. Man it moves me to tears to see the heroism them New Yorkers displayed on that sad day. FDNY, PAPD, NYPD

No. He's saved it over days and nights when he's been taking the employees - all employees, including executives - on "useless" fire drills and made them walk down. When he got chewed out by the C-suite and stuck to his guns nonetheless, demonstrating tremendous integrity. What's happened on that day was the payoff.

It,s a damn shame that Mister RESCORLA was not able to survive this tragedy, but his sacrifice saved many lives.

@@olegkosygin2993 hey would you be able to post a link or point me in the right direction as to where I can look that up if you don't mind?

@@jalex5808 google his name, read the wiki

@@olegkosygin2993 agreed. "It was the training Ma'am" was how a soldier being decorated by the Queen answered when asked what got him through hell.

I call it the day the 90’s died. Smartphones, social media, the Iraq War, the political division and Covid just kicked an already dead horse.

Very, very, true!

Look up the fourth turning.

So well said! Are you a writer?

@@30AndHatingIt well said 👏👏

He wasn't British he was Cornish.

@@haroldamiss4883 Cornish is British, Cornwal is a county within Britain 🇬🇧

@@haroldamiss4883 Which is British lol.

@@haroldamiss4883 Which is in Britain you clown lol.

@@haroldamiss4883 LOL 🤡🤡 Educate yourself clown!

I love you. I respect you. Semper Fi

Always.

It was beautiful to witness and unfortunately short lived as we are only human.

lol @ assigning your stupid ideologies to a random story of a tough guy. 🤦‍♂

Please.He voluntarily came to our country,he volunteered to fight for our country & he adopted american ideals that directed him right up until the towers collapsed......the same ideals other non american born people followed on 9/11.Yall are weird as hell being divisive about something like a terrorist attack! That's the same cave behavior racists display.Smh

Orio palmer is another amazing person who gave his life to help check him out

If you don't know about the Boat Lift of 9/11, it's on RU-vid and is astounding...Tom Hanks narrates

A true hero 👏👏👏

Those who ordered the people to remain in the building work for the devil... they wanted to create more deaths and drama in order to push for more wars and bullying of other countries...

They've done our Father proud and fulfilled the commandment do unto others as you would have done unto you. The path of the righteous is narrow and not well traveled.

yes, me too. He still has two childrens who need money for going to college and really hope morgan stanley compensated him for his heroic act of saving over 2700 of their employees...

@@shirleyhan8573 knowing JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley I highly doubt it , the company is beyond greedy with money

@@eldermcnamara3631 grow up ignoramus

@@joeleone2228 Grow up ? Lmao do you even know what I’m talking about ? You seem like a Russian bot , Because I was talking about a bank not “growing up” I’m 60 years old I’m pretty grown kid 🤣

@@eldermcnamara3631 60 years old going on 9, grow up deplorable ignoramus

I pray for your sake he was..how close does his story match up with Willie Rodriguez's story? Rodriguez describes impossible explosions. He describes explosions above him and below .Willie talks about the lobby being destroyed before the plane crashed. Is it possible your guy has solded out .willie describes skin hanging off men at the very low levels of the tower. and Willie was just a janitor and he had nothing to sell out .You might think willie made his story up...or this guy made his story up...

Hmmm 🤔 interesting.. It is very similar to Willie Rodrigues’ account of what happened.

@@NT-cj1zj this guy could be a fraud...firefighters talk about Rodriguez. They claim he took out many injured. This guy never mentions anything out of the normal.no explosions before the plane crash.Rodriguez talks about serious damage to the lobby and basement floors. Rodriguez is clear as day that the Boeing jet couldn't and didn't cause all the damage .This guy doesn't go there .why? Is he paid off? Or was he even there? Rodriguez was designated hero..has photos with the president and vice president..when he knew they wanted him to not speak of the lower level damage in the towers he broke off his relationship with the white house..he then went public to stay alive...this guy has nothing like that

@@NT-cj1zj william has his name on a law passed for victims tax relief bill..his name on a scholarship bill about victims children...is his story really that similar to William Rodriguez? I'm not seeing it...I currently found a good photo of the fire truck he climbed under when the building collapsed. He's talking right now of these huge explosions on the bottom floors .this guy doesn't mention anything like this

@@NT-cj1zj I'm watching his documentary he said his time on 911 was not entered into the investigation. He said he raised 120 million for the victims...he said the commission didn't want his story released to the public.

Hearing that makes even more honored and grateful to be American.

Yes he was cornish, born in Hayle in Cornwall, being from a cornish family myself I'm not surprised he acted the way he did.

He served in the British Army first.

About 1000 of those who died at the WTC weren't American.

​@BudgieFan39, being cornish, has nothing to do with it. Stop trying to claim a shred of credit for his bravery.

It's probably from assholes who say the attack was deserved

@Jordan Barclay exactly Jordan he's braver than alot of us, they are hero's. blessings to you from the u.k🇬🇧

Possibly people who have had less than positive dealings with Morgan-Stanley. Rick Rescorla and this guy get a thumbs up from me, but after dealing with MS involuntarily, I invest elsewhere. Sorry to be the skunk at the picnic, and maybe it was only one bad apple of a financial advisor. As a human being, I'm glad so many of their employees survived.

I think some still do not quite understand how the thumbs up or down rating works. Of course there are the a******, but I think some people do not get that if the story makes you sad or is tragic, putting a thumbs down does not mean that they're saying they didn't like the situation. If that makes sense, but i know it happens. Giving a thumbs up however means you are paying homage & respect to the heroes, survivors, those lost, and ALL of their loved ones. There are people in this time still learning to navigate social media. But again there are still those who are a******* and have done it intentionally. I just believe the number is far fewer.

They did not listen to those telling them to stay in the building because of Rick. He drilled them regularly in evacuation procedures. After the garage bombing, he knew that the next time would be much, much worse.

@@cremebrulee4759 of course I know that too. I’m specifically speaking about my friends at MS and what they told me the next day. The majority of the MS staff were saved because of Rick. Such an awesome man with great foresight

I still call those crisp clear Autumn days here on the East Coast "911 Days" when one occurs.... How could we ever forget? ❤

You need to look into William Rodriguez..but I'm sure you believe he was a fraud..your guy when the building collapsed was how far away? Willie was last survivor out. .when the very last floor collapsed willie ran out the main entrance and went under a fire truck.. he was completely covered in debris. how far away was your guy ? Willie had a master key and used it opening every door for every fire fighter...did your guy have a master key? Willie had witnesses saying he was on oxygen for 45 minutes after they dug him out...the second he came too he ran for the building again to save more lives and he didn't know the building was gone...how long was your guy unconscious with oxygen? Willie went to work that morning a atheist and when he came too he was a born again Christian

I'm remembering willie saying he would go down to the street and see 100s of jumpers that were obliterated upon contact with the reinforced concrete. And the fire chief telling him or really ordering to not go back in that building. He obviously refusing. Went back over and over..I'm sure the long version of your guys STORY he mentions all the carnage all the jumpers jumping. I'm sure he mentions all the explosions before the planes crashed...one of the last William saved was a over weight lady no shoes couldn't walk..so willie convinces a fire fighter we can put her in a wheelchair and drag her down 70 stories....willie cleaned the stairs every day. He was in super human shape..she made it down. But willie remembers going for more.and willie describes later that when he got to the street again he saw that heavy lady cut into several pieces.he says that huge glass sections had fallen and hit that lady that he saved....William describes thinking about his mother just as your guy talks about talking to his parents...but willie describes pleading with God .asking God that if I don't survive promise me you will not let me die in a place where my mother will see me on TV...willie was a simple janitor. He vacuumed and swept all 112 stairs on the floors.not like your guy..I'm sure your guy was REALLY there saving 100s but he just doesn't descibe it like willie does.Maybe your guy had such a traumatic experience he just doesn't remember things like willie .but I'm sure your guy was REALLY there..Right ?

500,00 people were evacuated from lower Manhattan by boat, in nine hours. Boat Lift 9/11, on RU-vid, narrated by Tom Tanks Astounding

@@randyjohnson6845 Both Rick Rascola and William Rodriguez were in the towers that day! No one is lying about being there that day. Rick was working with Morgan Stanley on the upper floors and he got most of his crew out and William saved thousands of people due to his janitor position and having a master key for all 100 stairwells. But the thing is, there were thousands of survivors that day, and that means there is going to be thousands of survivor stories! We haven't heard them all! But no one is trying to one up Williams Story. You need to chill and watch your tone!! You really shouldn't call someone a liar when they are speaking about a survivor of 911, that's completely disrespectful!

@@randyjohnson6845and please know - just because someone doesn’t allow the images in their head to come out their mouths to become images in someone else’s head DOES NOT mean we were not very much there feeling and seeing lots of the same - some of us just literally can’t speak about all of it. Rest assured, every person telling their story of that day is not speaking out loud every ounce of what the saw, what they felt, what the heard, what the smelt …… for years! Some of us feel like People in the impact areas and above were faced with unimaginable realities that day and exercised the little control they had over how the inevitable looked for them and some of us intentionally don’t speak of those parts because those people deserve dignity too! I was one of the 276 in Bill’s training class.

I agree. Mr. Bill Van Scoyoc's quick extinct of survival and training by Mr. Rick Riccola kicked into high gear to get out of that tower. If he would have followed that guy's instructions over the PA System, I doubt the new trainees and himself would be alive today to talk about it. RIP to the Riccola family.

I read that book a long time ago. Very much worth the read.

I watched another one. His story was this guy told them to sit down and relax. He claimed it was his idea to leave and everyone followed him out.

Ever wonder why aids.....the H1a1 virus and many more weren't taken as serious as covid. Look in medical book before 2020 and see what it says next to covid 19: common cold. Did it kill many? Yes but the flu killed more and aids killed 50,000 in one year. Dont let the news dictate your beliefs. Look at how much your struggling right now and how crazy our country is now. Stop being gullible.

That is because REAL vaccines have 10+ years of clinical trials and the cotton swab tests put off high radiation content. You obviously have no interest in researching.

Well, the Windows of the World staff was above the impact zone, so even if the bosses knew what to do, they were all trapped and couldn't get down anyway, due to the plane taking out all the upper stairwells. So incredibly sad! But yes, many bosses in the Word Trade Centers didn't know what to do that day, sadly. I will never forget that day as a 12 year old!

Rick Rescorla was English, but a hero in any case.