PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Becky (My pronouns are Assigned/By/God) on September 12, 2023, 06:09:20 AM
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“This man's name is Rick Rescorla. 22 years ago today, Rick disobeyed orders, and saved 2700 lives. Rick was the head of security for Morgan Stanley in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. He warned that the Towers' basements were vulnerable to attack. His warnings fell on deaf ears. Then the 1993 attack happened, and people started listening to him.
After that attack, Rick implemented regular evacuation drills, using his megaphone to direct the thousands of employees out of their offices, down the stairwells, and out of the building to safety. Born in Cornwall, Rick would sing Welsh and Cornish songs from his megaphone, as he directed the employees out of the building. He would routinely tell all of the employees: in an emergency, no matter what chaos is happening around you, no matter what anyone tells you, leave your offices, go down the stairwells, and leave the building.
Rick told his wife Susan that he suspected another attack on the World Trade Center would happen, this time by air. And 22 years ago today, on September 11, 2001, that attack happened. When the first plane hit the North Tower, the Port Authority announced over the South Tower's speaker system "Please do not leave the building. This area is secure."
Rick ignored them. "The dumb sons of b------s told me not to evacuate," he said to his best friend Dan. "They said it's just Building One. I told them I'm getting my people the f--k out of here." And so Rick picked up his megaphone as he had done so many times before, told his employees not to listen to the orders, and directed them out of the building. His Cornish songs helped keep their nerves calm as they evacuated, even after the second plane hit their Tower. Once he had successfully evacuated his employees, Rick went back to look for survivors. But first, he called his wife Susan. "Stop crying. 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."
Rick rushed back to the South Tower. That was the last time anyone saw him alive. All but 6 of the more than 2700 Morgan Stanley employees survived. Had they obeyed the Port Authority, they would all be dead. Thankfully, they listened to Rick instead. Rest in Peace, Rick. Thank you for your service.”
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I have an inclination to disobey instructions given to the masses. It’s instinctive and might have something to do with a revulsion of being in crowds. When told to evacuate because of a hurricane, we waited til after everyone else had already gone. Almost didn’t at all but when we finally did, the highway was virtually empty. That’s how I like it.
Or maybe it’s because instructions to the masses are given by political leaders based on “expert” advice and I have a deep and abiding wariness of both experts and those in power. In my experience, they are more often than not just plain wrong. Look at the food pyramid.
Or how about this: Instructions to the masses never take into account variation of individual circumstances, something I always take into account when deciding what’s best for me.
If I’d been in that building, my instinct would have told me to get the hell out and as far away from it as I possibly could as fast as I could. Meh, I never would have been working in a skyscraper to begin with. They’re obviously death traps. I believe I was proven right on that point.
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Truer words rarely spoken.
fuck the fucking fbi and doj.