9/11 was predicted ages before it happened by a Cornish guy.
His name was Cyril Richard 'Rick' Rescorla.
He was Head of Security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.
Born in Hayle, Cornwall in the 1930s, he was in the Paras, Army Inteligence, Special Branch and the Colonial Police before going to the States and joining the American Army "because Britain had run out of wars".
The film
"We were soldiers" starring Mel Gibson did not have a character called Rescorla, but many of the words attributed to Colonel Hal Moore (Gibson's character) were spoken by Lt Rescorla. The promise not to leave any American soldiers on the field of battle, made in the film by Col Moore, was actually made to Sgt Major Plumley by Rescorla.
Indeed, the picture on the front of the original book was of Rescorla in battle.
Rescorla was in his office on the 44th floor of tower 2, North Tower, on 9/11. He was told not to evacuate his people when the first plane hit South Tower because they were safe in the other tower.
Rescorla was having none of it. He evacuated anyway.
When the second plane hit North Tower all MSDW staff were evacuating their building. Indeed, some were already outside.
In doing what he did, he saved around 2,700 staff, only 6 people in his charge losing their lives.
Rescorla went back into the building - as he did when it was the subject of a truck bombing in 1993, when he was the last person to leave the building - but this time, he did not leave.
Rescorlas remains were never found.
The interview with his prediction can be found at
http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/voice_prophet
There is an hour long documentary (which takes a while to download with a torrent application) here
http://www.bitenova.org/tt/1w24b
Mark.
Council estate lad.
And proud of it!
Member of the Guild of Experienced Motorists.