Rick Rescorla

British American army officer, hero and victim of 9/11

Cyril Richard "Rick" Rescorla (27 May 193911 September 2001) was a British-born U.S. soldier who fought in the Vietnam War and was killed in the September 11 attacks of 2001.

We shouldn't have been deployed in Vietnam.

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Interview (July 1998)

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Interview in New York (28 July 1998)
  • We shouldn't have been deployed in Vietnam.
  • We in America have been very fortunate. We've been blessed with a wonderful country and everything and wonderful resources.
  • We're talking about no specific groups, no specific religions. For example, the Muslims. People have blamed the Muslims. The Muslims are honorable people; it's just small segments of fanatics and terrorists.
  • We can't even straighten up our capital in terms of crime.
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