This man's name is Rick Rescorla.
22 years ago today, Rick disobeyed orders, and saved 2700 lives.
Rick was the head of security for Morgan Stanley in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. He warned that the Towers' basements were vulnerable to attack.
His warnings fell on deaf ears.
Then the 1993 attack happened, and people started listening to him.
After that attack, Rick implemented regular evacuation drills, using his megaphone to direct the thousands of employees out of their offices, down the stairwells, and out of the building to safety.
Born in Cornwall, Rick would sing Welsh and Cornish songs from his megaphone, as he directed the employees out of the building.
He would routinely tell all of the employees: in an emergency, no matter what chaos is happening around you, no matter what anyone tells you, leave your offices, go down the stairwells, and leave the building.
Rick told his wife Susan that he suspected another attack on the World Trade Center would happen, this time by air.
And 22 years ago today, on September 11, 2001, that attack happened.
When the first plane hit the North Tower, the Port Authority announced over the South Tower's speaker system "Please do not leave the building. This area is secure."
Rick ignored them.
"The dumb sons of b------s told me not to evacuate," he said to his best friend Dan. "They said it's just Building One. I told them I'm getting my people the f--k out of here."
And so Rick picked up his megaphone as he had done so many times before, told his employees not to listen to the orders, and directed them out of the building.
His Cornish songs helped keep their nerves calm as they evacuated, even after the second plane hit their Tower.
Once he had successfully evacuated his employees, Rick went back to look for survivors.
But first, he called his wife Susan.
"Stop crying. 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."
Rick rushed back to the South Tower.
That was the last time anyone saw him alive.
All but 6 of the more than 2700 Morgan Stanley employees survived.
Had they obeyed the Port Authority, they would all be dead.
Thankfully, they listened to Rick instead.
Rest in Peace, Rick. Thank you for your service.
If you saw an attractive strait couple walking around in a ball gag and leather, you’d think, these are creepy people with some sort of exhibitionist fetish. Hide the kids. But a man puts on a dress and prances around and you must think it’s is acceptable. No thanks.
10 year old wants to gamble? Illegal
10 year old wants to smoke? Illegal
10 year old wants a tattoo? Illegal
10 year old wants alcohol? Illegal
10 year old wants gender castration and mutilation? “Stunning and brave”
LeBron’s insane path to the 2016 championship
-Drummond-led 44 win pistons
-Jeff Teague-led 48 win hawks
-Raptors without their starting center (Valanciunas was hurt)
-73 win warriors with injured curry, injured Bogut, Draymond suspension Iggy bad back
Greatest ring ever?
He's never considered the best because he's not what the league or the media wants you to think is the best. They want you to think LeBron is the best. That's why they spent all those Finals wins against the Cavs ignoring Steph's impact, telling you LeBron was the best player in all those series, and making everything about LeBron.
In 2015 they wanted to give LeBron Finals MVP so bad but really couldn't because he lost. Them giving Iggy Finals MVP was the media and league basically saying Steph only won because of how Iggy defended LeBron. Giving KD both Finals MVPs was saying this was the only reason why Steph was able to beat LeBron in 17 and 18. Again, ignoring Steph's impact.
Conversely, the media rarely ever ignores LeBron's impact. As a matter of fact they overrate it. Millions of people literally got tricked into thinking LeBron's block was more important than Kyrie's shot. Nothing in that series (except Dray's suspension) was bigger than Kyrie's shot and yet they made it all about LeBron's block. We also know LeBron's opinion had sway over Finals MVP votes as well because Rachel Nichols like a dumb-fuck told us and people didn't even care because they are so programmed into LeBron worship. Nobody even questioned something so nefarious.
These are examples of how people got programmed into thinking LeBron is better than he is. This is why you have a bunch of LeBron NPCs that think Steph needs to go above and beyond to surpass LeBron all time. People let media narratives supersede critical thinking.
"did you like that" screams the murderously vicious narcissist and all the progressives pat themselves on the back for their vanity in the guise of a much-vaunted compassion and "tolerance"
These are the victims of the Nashville school shooting.
Katherine Koonce, 60
Mike Hill, 61
Cynthia Peak, 61
Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9
William Kinney, 9
Hallie Scruggs, 9
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Lot's of jokes and memes running around Twitter this morning regarding Chris Beard. Red Raider fans should be classier than that. Remember that there is a human being that was the victim of the alleged domestic abuse. That is extremely serious and not something to joke about.
⚠️ GRAPHIC VIDEO: A mid-air collision involving two planes near the Dallas Executive Airport, today. The accident took place during the Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow at 1:25 p.m., according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. A @FOX4 viewer took this video. @FOX4 is working for more details.