Danielle @danzerotti

Every year on or right before 9/11, we show this video to our students. It’s not only powerful story-telling, it’s a reminder to a younger generation about how life altering 9/11 was for those of us who lived it. It’s only 10 min #themanintheredbandana

A Hero That Trusted His Intuition. The problem wasn’t that Morgan Stanley didn’t believe him. Rick Rescorla had already been right once. After the 1993 basement bombing of the World Trade Center, the firm’s security chief walked the towers, studied the site, and reached a conclusion most people preferred not to hear: the World Trade Center was still a target. Next time, he said, it would not be a truck. It would be an airplane. An airplane. In a 1993 report. Executives listened. Then they looked at the lease. Morgan Stanley was the largest tenant in the complex—twenty-two floors of the South Tower, thousands of brokers, and a trading infrastructure that could not be packed into boxes and wheeled across the Hudson. They literally made it a trading center. The contract with the Port Authority ran until 2006. Walking away from premium Manhattan space of that scale would have meant penalties measured in the hundreds of millions, plus the operational chaos of relocating an entire downtown machine. So the company stayed. Rescorla adjusted. If they could not leave the building, they would learn to escape it. He built a protocol and treated it like doctrine. Unannounced drills. No exemptions. Brokers who billed by the minute were pulled off their desks and sent into the stairwells two by two, starting from the top floors, leaving a lane for firefighters coming the other way. People complained. He did not care. Practice, he believed, was the only thing that would beat panic. On the morning of September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower. From the 44th floor of the South Tower, Rescorla could see the fire. Then the Port Authority came over the speakers: the South Tower was secure. Stay at your desks. Rescorla grabbed a bullhorn and ignored them. He started the drill his people already knew by heart. Floor by floor, two by two, down the stairs. He sang as he moved—Cornish songs from childhood, then “God Bless America”—keeping the line moving, refusing to let the stairwell become a stampede. Seventeen minutes later, the second plane struck the South Tower. By then, most of Morgan Stanley was already on the way out. Of the 2,687 employees in the building that morning, all but 13 survived. It was stunning. Rescorla could have been outside with them. He went back up instead. Colleagues told him to leave. He said he would, as soon as he was sure no one was left behind. He was last seen around the 10th floor, heading higher. The South Tower fell at 9:59 a.m. They never found him. He was one of the 13. He was a hero in every sense of the word. Remember Rick Rescorla, he remembered for us.

Now, it’s been more than 10 days, so they are refusing to reimburse us even though we were told after 2 hours to leave the airport & call JetBlue. Weaponized incompetence! We have been trying to get help since July 4th. JetScrew over customers

You cannot call @JetBlue though. They say they will call you back, but they return calls at 2 o’clock in the morning. We were told we would be compensated for the flight home to JFK when we were abandoned in Boston. They rely on weaponized incompetence!!

Still waiting on @JetBlue to respond after canceling our flight to JFK on Saturday. We were lied to at Boston Airport when we waited in a line for over two hours just to be told to get another line. Then we rented cars and drove home after being awake for 24 hours!!!

VIRGINIA BEATS FLORIDA STATE AND STORMS THE FIELD IN RECORD TIME THIS IS COLLEGE FOOTBALL!

This was one of the most disgusting and evil things that I’ve ever seen. Just before we learned Charlie had passed, we tried to lead a prayer on the House floor - praying for his recovery after he was tragically shot. The Democrats started booing and yelling at us. It was absolutely disgusting. Their rhetoric caused this, and their actions today show they have no remorse!!!

“No one voted for Elon Musk.” (They did however vote for Donald Trump who promised repeatedly to have Elon Musk root out wasteful spending in our government.)

Yeah, Carrie rips it. God bless her going a cappella while the whole world watches. Courage under fire!

@KristinaWagnr You are in my prayers 🙏🏻 Stay safe, Kristina

Carrie Underwood on decision to sing at Donald Trump’s inauguration: “I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event. I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.”

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Please send prayers and strength tonight to everyone in Los Angeles affected by these devastating fires. Los Angeles is in a state of emergency and over 30,000 have been ordered to evacuate. Thank you to the brave firefighters and first responders who are working tirelessly to protect lives, homes, and wildlife as they battle fast-moving wildfire fueled by fierce winds. You are true heroes, and we are endlessly grateful for your sacrifice and courage. Let’s all come together to support one another during this tough time. ❤️ #ThankYouFirstResponders (Photo credit: NBC, ABC, X)

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Congratulations to America’s first Catholic Vice President

💥 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Gets Roasted by Squawk Box’s Joe Kernen “I live in your state Governor. Do you think if I pay 55% total [in taxes] is that fair for me, or do I need to pay 80%? What would be fair for you?” @JoeSquawk

@JonLemire @alexanderburns @politico Will the networks that obsessively covered a joke from a comedian at a Trump rally cover the fact that the Kamala Harris campaign is insulting half of the country? Will they even report honestly on this disgusting behavior from our present leadership?

Thank you, Anderson Cooper

Clay Travis @ClayTravis

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Anderson Cooper points out Biden & Kamala opened up the border with executive orders and then finally shut down the border with executive orders in June of 2024. Why didn’t they just do it sooner? Kamala has no answer:

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Why is she using the official residence of the Vice President to launch a political attack? This is not normal. Nor is it legal.

It’s crazy how nakedly partisan network news has become. x.com/Jemsinger/stat…

McDonald's teaching a master class in navigating political waters with grace

Biden/Harris administration has made my husband a single father today. I am on my way to turn myself into federal prison where I am scheduled to serve three years in federal prison for unlawful assembly. Share this and make mothers and fathers of this nation aware of what's going on! Reach my husband here: @MrRickeyVictory