Rick Rescorla was 62, Morgan Stanley’s security chief in the South Tower, a Cornwall-born Vietnam veteran who had spent years drilling his colleagues to evacuate.
When the North Tower was hit, the building told people in the South Tower to stay put.
He told them to leave.
He led thousands down the stairs with a bullhorn, singing to keep them moving.
Almost all of Morgan Stanley made it out.
Then he went back up.
He was last seen on the 10th floor, still looking for people, minutes before the tower fell.
His body was never found.
He had already survived a war.
On 9/11 he used the rest of his life the same way: get them out, then go back for the ones still inside.
25 years ago, thousands of Americans were living one of their last ordinary mornings.
A father kissed his little girl goodbye before heading to work.
A wife said, “Love you. See you tonight.”
Coworkers laughed over coffee.
People boarded planes believing they’d be home for dinner.
They had no idea they were living through the final ordinary moments of their lives.
Within hours, 2,977 innocent people would be murdered by Islamic terrorists.
Mothers. Fathers. Sons. Daughters. Brothers. Sisters. Firefighters. Police officers. EMTs. First responders who ran toward the danger while others ran away.
They never got to grow old.
Never got another birthday.
Never celebrated another Christmas.
Never watched their children graduate.
Never walked their daughters down the aisle.
Never got one last hug.
Never got to say goodbye.
They simply never came home.
And while the world kept moving, thousands of families were left behind to carry that loss for the rest of their lives.
We are still here.
That is not something to take for granted. It is a responsibility.
A responsibility to remember the innocent lives stolen that day.
A responsibility to honor the heroes who ran into hell to save strangers.
A responsibility to tell the truth about what happened and who did it.
And a responsibility to make sure the evil that came for us never gets mistaken for something we should appease.
We fight for the ones who never made it home.
We stand for the families who never got to say goodbye.
We remember the Americans whose futures were stolen from them.
25 years later, their lives still matter. Their names still matter. Their memory still matters.
Never forget what they did.
Never forget who did it.
Never forget the cost of forgetting.
Never go soft. Never surrender. 🇺🇸
Spc. Sarina Nicole Butcher 🫡🇺🇸🌹
Oklahoma Army National Guard
November 13, 1991 – November 1, 2011
At 19 years old, she became the first female Oklahoma National Guard soldier killed in wartime and the youngest Oklahoma soldier to die in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
She was serving with the 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team when an IED struck her vehicle in Paktia Province, Afghanistan.
She left behind a young daughter.
We remember her service and her sacrifice. 🙏🇺🇸🫡
James Talarico knows that if Texans knew his record, they would not vote for him. That is why he is running as fast as he can from his past. Go to https://t.co/cq3Qd9H9tX today and help me expose his record.
The rise of the DSA is scary. We’ve seen the policies. They’re horrifying.
Now they’re trying to sell old-school Democrats the same lie: “This is just the Democratic Party. We’ve always had this.”
They’re calling it socialism. It’s communism with better branding.
What they’re selling as the new Democratic Party is a fast slide into the pits of hell. Look at Cuba: no food, no water, no hope.
That’s where it always ends, death and destruction.
@WellsJorda89710 🙏 that the law that muzzles Pastors be revisited?
During COVID - Pastors are being spied and some asked to submit sermons to authorities?
@TheJusticeDept@WhiteHouse
A new poll shows Republican Bruce Blakeman is within 4 percentage points of Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul in New York's gubernatorial race. MORE: https://t.co/394emhcRXb
Fox News Media Chief Executive Suzanne Scott should resign.
Fox censored President Trump’s primetime address, muzzled Maria Bartiromo for trying to cover it, and gave its viewers censorship when they tuned in for the truth.
ABOLISH THE DMV!
Californians can pay OVER $1,000 a year to register their cars—the highest rates in the country for the WORST roads.
And we stand in line all day at the DMV just for the privilege. ENOUGH!
I’ll cap vehicle registration at the base fee of $73 and SHUT DOWN this bloated, bureaucratic agency once and for all.
We Did It.. Jimmy Kimmel Show is About to be CANCELED? It's Finally OVER
After disgusting comments about Charlie Kirk’s murder, being suspended by the FCC and jokes about Trump being assassinated, rumors are swirling that Kimmel’s 24 year run is up.
Ratings were the lowest in the time slot and he was nothing but trouble for ABC, so they reportedly will not renew his contract.
This is what happens when you blindly follow ideology instead of focusing on comedy.
Now he could be off the air for good.
We won.
🚨 HOLY CRAP. Cal State professor Melina Abdullah is facing nationwide calls to be criminally charged after she DOXED and urged VIOLENCE against an ICE agent that she specifically named
“F-ck him up!” 😡
She says where he’s staying, his name, says she’ll show the mob his photo, and mentions guerrilla warfare
“Staying at the Hilton Garden Inn at 2000 Solar Drive.”
THIS IS A CRIME.
An outright call to violence after doxing.
“Abdullah” should not only be charged but deported from America. She doesn’t respect our laws.
This is why violence against ICE are at an all time high — pray for these heroes 🙏🏻
The Last Column.
FDNY 343. PAPD 37.
This was the last piece of World Trade Center steel taken off the pile. Rescue workers covered it in names, photos, and the numbers of the dead. It stands in the 9/11 Memorial Museum so nobody has to guess what that ground cost.
Never forget.
Photo: 9/11 Memorial Museum 🫡🇺🇸