Originally Posted By: paramedicpete
It has been my experience that training is one of the most effective mechanisms to overcome panic. ......
"People don't rise to the occasion. They default to their training."
This quote has been attributed to Rick Rescorla, the soldier-turned-security officer who saved the lives of all but six of the 2,700 Morgan Stanley employees in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Other firms that hadn't conducted the disaster drills Morgan Stanley had, lost scores of employees in the terrorist attacks.
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