lifeboat disaster. On September 11, 2019, President Donald Trump announced that Rescorla would be honored with the Presidential Citizens Medal, which was presented to Susan at a White House ceremony on November 7. In 2021, legislation introduced by State Senator Anthony M. Bucco to designate May 27 as “Richard Rescorla Day” in New Jersey unanimously passed in the New Jersey Senate. Post-9/11 media coverage Rescorla was the subject of a 2002 biography, Heart of a Soldier by James B. Stewart. Rescorla was the subject of a 2005 documentary entitled The Man Who Predicted 9/11. The film was shown on Channel 4 in the UK and the History Channel in the United States. Amanda Ripley's 2008 book, The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why, profiles Rescorla. Stewart's book became the basis of an opera of the same name by Christopher Theofanidis. It was premiered by the San Francisco Opera on September 10, 2011, in a production starring Thomas Hampson as Rescorla. See also John P. O'Neill, former FBI agent and WTC head of security who died in the attacks on 9/11 References External links The Richard Rescorla Memorial Foundation Voice of the Prophet - a 1998 Video interview with Rick Rescorla "The Real Heroes are Dead" – The New Yorker "B.A. of the Week Tribute" American Legion memorial pages: Post 44 Post 149 1939 births 2001 deaths People from Hayle American people of Cornish descent British emigrants to the United States United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War American terrorism victims British colonial police officers British Parachute Regiment soldiers British terrorism victims Metropolitan Police officers Terrorism deaths in New York (state) People murdered in New York City Male murder victims United States Army officers University of Oklahoma alumni Victims of the September 11 attacks World Trade Center Recipients of the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam) Recipients of the Silver Star Oklahoma City University School of Law alumni Morgan Stanley employees Northern Rhodesia people Battle of Ia Drang