The New Yorker(@NewYorker):Ten minutes before the World Trade Center’s south tower fell, a colleague saw Rick Rescorla running back into the building’s stairwell. The colleague told Rescorla to flee. “I will as soon as I make sure everyone else is out,” he said. Not long before, he had placed a call to his wife. “Stop crying,” Rescorla said. “I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I’ve never been happier. You made my life.” Tap the link in our bio to read about the Vietnam veteran who saved hundreds of lives on September 11th, and died trying to save more. “For Rick Rescorla, this was a natural death,” his best friend said

2026.09.11 17:00

Ten minutes before the World Trade Center’s south tower fell, a colleague saw Rick Rescorla running back into the building’s stairwell. The colleague told Rescorla to flee. “I will as soon as I make sure everyone else is out,” he said. Not long before, he had placed a call to his wife. “Stop crying,” Rescorla said. “I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I’ve never been happier. You made my life.” Tap the link in our bio to read about the Vietnam veteran who saved hundreds of lives on September 11th, and died trying to save more. “For Rick Rescorla, this was a natural death,” his best friend said—a hero’s end.