A man who was convinced the Twin Towers would be targeted in a terror
attack led 2,700 people to safety from the World Trade Center before
being killed when he went back in looking for stragglers.
Security chief Rick Rescorla carried out training drills with staff
at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter to prepare them for a terror atrocity
after realizing the vulnerability of buildings to air terror attacks.
Just 16 minutes after the first plane hit the opposite building, he had
evacuated more than 2,700 employees and visitors before the second plane hit,
singing to calm them as they rushed down the stairs and bringing them safely
from the building.
But after leading thousands to safety on 9/11 when his fears were
realized, the 62-year-old Cornishman was last seen on the 10th floor heading
up the stairs of the South Tower before it collapsed. His body was never found.
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