Rick Rescorla

Last week's 2-year anniversary of 9-11 brought this incredible story of a 9-11 hero back to my attention. I remember hearing about him shortly after the event, but it is only now that I have acquainted myself with it more thoroughly. It turns out that Rick Rescorla has a track record, an equally amazing one at that, from Vietnam. You can read his story either at Mudville Gazette (a blog with other links and with some moving replies from some of Rescorla's men and his wife) or at the New Yorker .