A Hero That Trusted His Intuition.
The problem wasn’t that Morgan Stanley didn’t believe him.
Rick Rescorla had already been right once. After the 1993 basement bombing of the World Trade Center, the firm’s security chief walked the towers, studied the site, and reached a conclusion most people preferred not to hear: the World Trade Center was still a target. Next time, he said, it would not be a truck. It would be an airplane.
An airplane. In a 1993 report.
Executives listened. Then they looked at the lease.
Morgan Stanley was the largest tenant in the complex—twenty-two floors of the South Tower, thousands of brokers, and a trading infrastructure that could not be packed into boxes and wheeled across the Hudson.
They literally made it a trading center.
The contract with the Port Authority ran until 2006. Walking away from premium Manhattan space of that scale would have meant penalties measured in the hundreds of millions, plus the operational chaos of relocating an entire downtown machine. So the company stayed.
Rescorla adjusted. If they could not leave the building, they would learn to escape it.
He built a protocol and treated it like doctrine. Unannounced drills. No exemptions. Brokers who billed by the minute were pulled off their desks and sent into the stairwells two by two, starting from the top floors, leaving a lane for firefighters coming the other way.
People complained. He did not care. Practice, he believed, was the only thing that would beat panic.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower. From the 44th floor of the South Tower, Rescorla could see the fire. Then the Port Authority came over the speakers: the South Tower was secure. Stay at your desks.
Rescorla grabbed a bullhorn and ignored them.
He started the drill his people already knew by heart. Floor by floor, two by two, down the stairs. He sang as he moved—Cornish songs from childhood, then “God Bless America”—keeping the line moving, refusing to let the stairwell become a stampede. Seventeen minutes later, the second plane struck the South Tower.
By then, most of Morgan Stanley was already on the way out.
Of the 2,687 employees in the building that morning, all but 13 survived.
It was stunning.
Rescorla could have been outside with them. He went back up instead. Colleagues told him to leave. He said he would, as soon as he was sure no one was left behind.
He was last seen around the 10th floor, heading higher.
The South Tower fell at 9:59 a.m. They never found him.
He was one of the 13.
He was a hero in every sense of the word.
Remember Rick Rescorla, he remembered for us.
Before I left Islam, I was debating a Sudanese Christian who challenged me to name one good thing about Muhammad. Just one.
I thought: easy. We Muslims practically worship Muhammad as the greatest man who ever lived.
So I tried to recall good qualities, honesty, compassion, mercy, love, anything, any single story, and I couldn’t remember one.
So I went to Google and typed: “the qualities of the Prophet.”
Islamic websites came up, and I thought, good, now I’ll have plenty of examples for this guy.
I opened them and was stunned: even the Islamic websites offered no good qualities in the sense he’d challenged me to find.
They praised his courage in spreading Islam, his fighting of Allah’s enemies, his physical strength, and his strictness.
Not one of the qualities the man had asked for.
Even the famous mercy at Mecca, sparing the people who had supposedly persecuted him, turned out to be for strategic reasons.
And when I started digging into the Quran and the sira for myself, I found that he married a child, he took Safiyya, a Jewish woman, the same day he killed her father, her brother, and her husband, trading his companion Dihya seven other captives for her, and posting a guard by the tent in case she tried to avenge them while raping her.
He had the men of the Jewish tribe beheaded, down to boys checked for pubic hair.
He raided trade caravans and took other tribes’ treasures.
He lied and broke truces he asked for.
He slept with all of his 9 wives the same night.
He killed anyone who mocked him.
He recruited raiders with the promise of other cities’ women.
And when his own fighters hesitated to touch married captives, because their husbands were alive and watching, Muhammad told them it was fine because allah said so.
Even the pagans of Arabia had higher morality than he did.
Every one of these acts was stamped with Allah’s approval.
He even married his adopted son’s wife by divine decree.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
I left Islam when I met this disgusting man, a man who turned his qualities into a religion, transmitted it to every generation of Muslims since, and made himself the ceiling of their morality.
This is the man Mamdani wants you to learn from.
🚨WAKE UP CALL
WilliamCollister shared this on FB and it is worth reading and sharing:
The Muslim religion is the fastest growing religion per capita in the United States, especially in the minority races.
Last month I attended a training. During the training session there was a presentation by three speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths, who each explained their beliefs.
I was particularly interested in what the Islamic Imam had to say. The Muslim gave a great presentation of the basics of Islam, complete with a video.
After the presentations, time was provided for questions and answers. When it was my turn, I directed my question to the Muslim and asked:
'Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that most Imams and clerics of Islam have declared a holy jihad [Holy war] against the infidels of the world and, that by killing an infidel, (which is a command to all Muslims) they are assured of a place in heaven. If that's the case, can you give me the definition of an infidel?'
There was no disagreement with my statements and, without hesitation, he replied, " Nonbelievers"
I responded, 'So, let me make sure I have this straight. All followers of Allah have been commanded to kill everyone who is not of your faith so they can have a place in heaven. Is that correct?'
The expression on his face changed from one of authority and command to that of a little boy who had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.'
He sheepishly replied, 'Yes.'
I then stated, 'Well, sir, I have a real problem trying to imagine The Pope commanding all Catholics to kill those of your faith or Dr. Stanley ordering all Protestants to do the same in order to guarantee them a place in heaven!'
The Muslim was speechless.
I continued, 'I also have a problem with being your friend when you and your brother clerics are telling your followers to kill me! Let me ask you a question:
Would you rather have your Allah, who tells you to kill me in order for you to go to heaven, or my Jesus who tells me to love you because I am going to heaven and He wants you to be there with me?'
You could have heard a pin drop.
Needless to say, the organizers and/or promoters of the 'Diversification' training seminar were not happy with my way of dealing with the Islamic Imam, and exposing the truth about the Muslims' beliefs.
In twenty years there will be enough Muslim voters in the US. to elect the President.
I think everyone in the U.S. should be required to read this, but with the ACLU, there is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference.
Woah.
Bret Weinstein just revealed that a 2012 law quietly dismantled the Bill of Rights.
And almost no one noticed.
“All the rights in the Bill of Rights became privileges the day that Barack Obama signed NDAA 2012.”
“The NDAA of 2012 … said: until the end of hostilities in the Global War on Terror, we can pull you off any street in the world.”
“We don’t have to admit that we have you.”
“You don’t have the right to see a lawyer, to see the evidence against you.”
“All that has to happen is the President needs to decide that you’re a terrorist or a supporter of them.”
And a federal court ruling later decided that we don’t even know how many people have been legally disappeared under that law.
“Lots of people are missing.”
“We don’t know if any of those are missing because of the provisions of NDAA 2012.”
Obama signed the NDAA 2012 on December 31.
Why is that important?
“By signing late in the day on New Year’s Eve in Hawaii, the rest of the country was already drunk, and it didn’t show up in The New York Times the next day.”
Leslie Manookian: “This is why I say we live in a post-constitutional order.”
“In that same NDAA, they repealed the Smith-Mundt Act … which prohibited the CIA from propagandizing Americans.”
“They said: don’t worry, we’re not setting up a program, and we don’t have any funding for it.”
“Well, in 2015 and 2016, they set up the program and funded it.”
@BretWeinstein@LeslieManookian
We are appealing this back to the Supreme Court.
The Second Circuit ruled this way last year and the Supreme Court vacated it and told them to try again. They decided to again violate the rights of the Amish. So, we will be going back to the Supreme Court.
Also, yes, the Amish children in this case are far healthier than American children who are vaccinated. Our sworn papers make that clear that the families in the three Amish schools at issue in this case have a total of 168 unvaccinated children (no vaccines) and that none of these children have any of the chronic health issues that plague children in the United States.
We also provided sworn expert evidence attesting that among a random sample of 168 U.S. children, one would expect to find (based on the background rate of chronic disease among U.S. children) 31 cases of environmental allergies, 15 cases of ADHD, 10 cases of asthma, 9 cases of food allergies, and 4 cases of ASD. Yet, the 168 unvaccinated Amish children whose families New York wants to persecute are free from the chronic health conditions—all related to some form of immune system dysregulation—that plague the vaccinated communities in New York.
Since vaccination is supposedly about improving health, and the Amish who do not vaccinate are clearly healthier, one would expect New York to leave them alone. But that is not how this religion works. The vaccine zealots in New York cannot stand that the Amish refuse to abandon their beliefs in favor of the religious beliefs held by the New York officials regarding vaccines. These “health” officials are willing to sacrifice the way of life and belief system of these Amish children and their community, that has kept them far healthier, if they refuse to bend the knee to adopt cult-like vaccine beliefs.
These “health” officials also apparently cannot stand that the Amish children are healthier and are even willing to wage war against them until they submit and receive every vaccine New York demands—so they can be just as “healthy” as all the children outside the Amish community.
The Amish earnestly seek to avoid conflict but because violating their sincerely held religious beliefs is not an option, they have been placed in the impossible position of being required to leave New York to simply send their healthy children to Amish schools on Amish land. We, along with co-counsel, intend to continue litigate on behalf of the Amish to defend their freedom to practice their religion in peace.
Der niederländische Anwalt, der Bill Gates, von der Leyen, Bourla, Schwab und Rutte wegen Bioterrorismus und Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit angeklagt hat, wurde verhaftet – und sitzt jetzt in einem Hochsicherheitsknast. 🔥
Die globale Elite ist in Panik. Arno van Kessel, der die Zivilklage gegen die Architekten der Corona-Desaster anführte, wurde im Morgengrauen von einem Anti-Terror-Kommando aus dem Bett geholt – gefesselt, geknebelt, abgeführt. Kein Haftbefehl, keine Anklage, kein Kontakt zur Außenwelt. Einfach verschwunden. Weil er fast 200 Dokumente vorlegte, die den größten Verbrecherclub der Neuzeit entlarven.
Die Angeklagten? Bill Gates. Ursula von der Leyen. Albert Bourla. Klaus Schwab. Mark Rutte. Sie alle wurden offiziell wegen Verschwörung, Bioterrorismus und Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit benannt. Die Beweise liegen beim Gericht – aber der Kläger sitzt im Gefängnis. Das nennt man nicht Rechtsstaat. Das nennt man Vertuschung mit Handschellen.
Die deutschen Medien? Sie schweigen. Keine Schlagzeile im Spiegel, keine Sondersendung in der Tagesschau, kein empörter Kommentar in der Zeit. Während die gesamte westliche Presse über jeden Furz von Elon Musk berichtet, ignorieren sie den größten Justizskandal seit Nürnberg. Warum? Weil die eigenen Leute auf der Anklagebank sitzen.
Die Elite fürchtet sich vor der Wahrheit. Also sperrt sie den Boten ein. Aber die Akten sind raus. Und die Welt sieht zu.
#ArnoVanKessel #BillGates #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #AlbertBourla #KlausSchwab #MarkRutte #Bioterrorismus #VerbrechenGegenDieMenschlichkeit #CoronaVertuschung #Systemversagen #MedienSchweigen
🔥 SHOCKING TRUTH FROM ELON MUSK – BRITAIN HAS GONE FULL COMMIE ! 🔥
“In Britain – I kid you not, how can this be REAL?! – they are RELEASED convicted PEDOPHILES from prison… just to LOCK UP citizens for Facebook posts criticizing migrant rape gangs!”
“There were gangs running around gang-raping young girls. People dared to be outraged online… and THEY got thrown in jail.
THIS. IS. INSANITY. 😱”
Wake up, UK! Free speech is dead while monsters walk free.
What the hell is happening?! 🇬🇧⚠️
RT if you’re disgusted. Comment your thoughts. #ElonMusk #UKScandal #FreeSpeech #WakeUpBritain
🚨 DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — ELECTION COVER-UP CAUGHT ON VIDEO 🚨
Hidden cameras caught officials talking openly about DESTROYING 2020 election records in Delaware County—ripping up voting machine tapes, trashing mail‑in ballot envelopes, wiping drives, and even talking about swapping in BLANK hard drives to fake the records.
They admitted on camera “it’s a felony”… and then kept going. 💥
They joked about making a “campfire” to burn what was left so no one could ever reconstruct the evidence.
This isn’t “sloppiness.” This is deliberate destruction of chain‑of‑custody, vote data, and public records—exactly what you do when you’re trying to hide a rigged system from the American people. 🔥
This is why the Lindell Offense Fund is on OFFENSE, not defense—supporting lawsuits, enforcing compliance deadlines, and fighting to END black‑box electronic platforms that can be propped up only by shredding, burning, and lying about the records.
We’re pushing for what they fear most: transparent, hand‑counted elections where every step can be audited by the people. 💪🇺🇸
If you’re watching this and know in your gut this is wrong, now is the moment to act. Share this everywhere and stand with us at https://t.co/d2h3O3qJ9S so we can FINISH THE JOB and rip this corruption out by the roots. 🛡️🔥
Billionaire family is trying to eliminate your ability to grow your own lemons
They family doing this has a history of paying off California politicians, they’ve given over $431,000 to Gavin Newsom
In addition to paying off Gavin Newsom and more California politicians they’ve also given $777,000 to Democrat Party committees
“They are now coming after our organic lemons. That's right, the billionaire owners of ‘The Wonderful company’ are trying to take over the lemon market with their seedless lemons
Owners Stuart and Linda Resnick bought the exclusive US licenses and IP for two seedless lemon varieties. The couple hopes to gain a 25% control of the US Fresh Life, uh, market with their exclusively licensed seedless lemons. This would remove the ability to regrow lemon tree from the seed”
This is a perfect example of why we should look to support small local farms over large corporations that control groceries
FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE VOTES 9-0 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF MODERNA'S mRNA FLU SHOT DESPITE 75.3% OF RECIPIENTS SUFFERING ADVERSE REACTIONS
SEVERE systemic reactions were 4× MORE COMMON with the mRNA flu shot than with the traditional flu shot.
As usual, there was NO placebo group.
Our regulatory agencies remain CAPTURED.
Europeans and American patriots!
Tomorrow, the courts of my country, France, may decide to send me to prison for daring to say on television that “the main danger to women in France is Black African and Arab immigrant men.”
Meanwhile, my own attacker, a Tunisian migrant, is still at large.
I need your help to generate media pressure and hope to be acquitted.
They cannot silence the truth!
Thank you for your support 💪🏻🇫🇷
This is:
The United States Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller:
“The reason why those Americans in North Carolina, those mothers, those fathers, those precious little children, were left to die begging their government for help that never came is because the Democrats turned FEMA into an illegal alien resettlement agency.”
Meaning:
The Democrats said FEMA had NO money and left fathers to die in Maui.
The Democrats said FEMA had NO money and left mothers to die in East Palestine, Ohio.
The Democrats said FEMA had NO money and left children to die in North Carolina.
BUT FEMA had an extra $1 BILLION to spend on illegals, including Social Security, Medicaid, SNAP, and voter registration.
And, as a bonus, they complain that Elon Musk is now a trillionaire.
Los musulmanes de toda Europa están conmocionados tras la histórica y valiente decisión de Suecia: dejará de usar el término «islamofobia», acuñado por los Hermanos Musulmanes, por considerarlo un concepto manipulado políticamente para silenciar las críticas al islam.
La ministra de Asuntos Exteriores sueca, Maria Malmer Stenergard, anunció que su gobierno presionará a la Unión Europea y a las Naciones Unidas para que dejen de usar este término fraudulento.
El concepto de «islamofobia» fue diseñado deliberadamente para equiparar la crítica legítima a la doctrina islámica con el racismo. Se utilizó como arma para silenciar el debate sobre textos islámicos fundamentales que contienen mandamientos para hacer la guerra, violar y someter a los no musulmanes.
Suecia acaba de reconocer lo que millones de europeos ya saben: criticar una religión que abiertamente llama al asesinato y la esclavitud sexual de los no creyentes no es una fobia, sino sentido común y autoconservación.
Esto supone un duro golpe para el lobby islamista en toda Europa.
¿Estás de acuerdo con la decisión de Suecia?