Rick Rescorla
September 12th, 2011




Via the Transom, this amazing 2002 New Yorker piece on Rick Rescorla, American Bad Ass:

”Stop crying,” he told her. “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.”

  1. Deano September 12, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Wow.

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  2. Larry, San Francisco September 12, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    I heard one of the arias from the new opera about him.

    http://sfopera.com/Season-Tickets/2011-2012-Season/Heart-of-a-Soldier.aspx

    It was quite beautiful. A fitting tribute to a great hero.

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