Friday, November 8, 2019

This Man Saved 2,700 Lives On 9/11, And Was Recognized By President Trump Yesterday With The Presidential Citizens Medal





FOX News: Trump awards posthumous Presidential Citizens Medal to Sept. 11 hero Rick Rescorla

President Trump awarded a posthumous Presidential Citizens Medal Thursday to the family of retired Army Col. Rick Rescorla, a Vietnam veteran credited with saving thousands of lives during the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

The Presidential Citizens Medal is the second-highest civilian award after the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

“On behalf of the entire nation, I pledge we will forever and ever memorialize this American hero," the president said.

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WNU Editor: Thanks to regular reader James, WNU acknowledges every September 11 on what Rick Rescorla did that day .... This Hero Saved 2,700 Lives On 9/11 While Sacrificing His Own (September 11, 2019)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

One of a kind.

Roger Smith said...


18 years ago and he is just now awarded this medal?