British-American soldier, September 11 rescuer and victim (1939–2001) Cyril Richard Rescorla was a British-American soldier, police officer, educator and private security specialist. He served as a British Army paratrooper during the Cyprus Emergency and as a commissioned officer in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He rose to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army before entering the private sector, where he worked in corporate security. 154,878 views on October 20, 2017 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: Diwali, Harvey Weinstein, Guru Dutt, Mindhunter (TV series). Wiki link