[Fredslist] The Man in the Red Bandana

[Fred Klein]

 Gotham,                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                          
 On the 11th anniversary of his heroism we salute Welles Remy Crowther. Please see below.                                 
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          
 'The Man in the Red Bandana'                                                                                             
 By Jefferson H. Crowther                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                          
 Please excuse these ramblings of a proud, old father who lost one the                                                    
 brightest lights in his life. This light was my dear, dear son, Welles                                                   
 Remy Crowther, who at age 24 was killed when the South Tower of the                                                      
 World Trade Center collapsed on him and so many other innocent victims                                                   
 of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Welles was an equities                                                       
 trader with Sandler-O'Neill and Partners working on the 104th floor of                                                   
 WTC2. He was also a volunteer firefighter and member of Empire Hook &                                                    
 Ladder Co. #1 in Upper Nyack, NY. Somehow he made his way to the 78th                                                    
 floor Sky Lobby after the plane had impacted his building, and there                                                     
 he found a group of people who were afraid to move. They had huddled                                                     
 together and were waiting for the rescue workers to get to them. They                                                    
 felt if they moved around they might fall through a hole in the floor                                                    
 and be lost as the visibility was almost nil due to the dust and                                                         
 smoke.. There were many injured people around them, screaming with                                                       
 pain, unable to extract themselves from under the slabs of marble that                                                   
 lined the hallways that had them trapped. My son, Welles, wearing a                                                      
 red bandanna (which he always carried in his back pocket) to protect                                                     
 himself from the dust and smoke, found them and told them that he knew                                                   
 where the only open stairway was and if they could walk they should                                                      
 get up now, help those whom they could, but that there were people                                                       
 they could not help and that they had to go right away. His words as                                                     
 quoted to us by some of the individuals who were there and survived                                                      
 were "follow me, I know the way". Welles made three trips from the                                                       
 78th floor down to the 61st floor where the lights were still on and                                                     
 the air was clearer. He told them to keep going down the stairs, but                                                     
 he kept going back up to escort more people down. In all we have                                                         
 confirmed three trips he made between the floors before he went all                                                      
 the way down to the lobby. He was in the lobby ready to go back up                                                       
 with a fire lieutenant and two other firefighters with the tools                                                         
 necessary to lift some of the heavy debris in order to rescue more                                                       
 victims. But the building did not stand and we lost our beautiful son                                                    
 who cared more for others than for his own life.                                                                         
                                                                                                                          
 There is so much more I could tell you about him, and you can read                                                       
 about Welles at CrowtherTrust.org., a website for the Welles Remy                                                        
 Crowther Charitable Trust, a charity we set up in his memory as a                                                        
 memorial to a young man who saw his duty and did it. You can also                                                        
 Google "the man in the red bandana".                                                                                     
                                                                                                                          
 People tell us that we raised our son too well. I respond that he was                                                    
 born with the software installed. The good Lord put Welles on this                                                       
 earth knowing that he would have to call on him. Unfortunately, it was                                                   
 just 24 years into so promising a life.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                          
 But, we started The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust to bring                                                       
 some good out of a terrible tragedy. Through it we have been able to                                                     
 work with many other agencies by making grants and gifts to help young                                                   
 people become exemplary adults, whether for educational, health                                                          
 related, or recreational needs. Again, I refer you to our website to                                                     
 find out more about the incredible work we have accomplished. And this                                                   
 proud, old father thanks you for having read about a true civilian                                                       
 hero of 9/11/01. May God bless America.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                          
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 For more information, visit http://www.WellesatCrowtherTrust.org                                                         
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          



Fred C. Klein
Klein Zelman Rothermel LLP
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New York, NY 10022
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fklein at legal.org
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