[Fredslist] Fw: FW: The Man in the Red Bandana by Jefferson H. Crowther

[Jefferson Crowther]

I found it in my old saved e-mails.  Of course you can send it out to the "List" again.

--- On Wed, 9/11/13, Fred Klein <FKlein at kleinzelman.com> wrote:

> From: Fred Klein <FKlein at kleinzelman.com>
> Subject: [Fredslist] FW: The Man in the Red Bandana by Jefferson H. Crowther
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> Cc: "Tribal Council (tribalcouncil at gothamnetworking.com)" <tribalcouncil at gothamnetworking.com>
> Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 4:29 PM
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> This day should not pass with out everyone reading the
> following by Jefferson Crowther, Chair of our Open House
> Group.
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> 'The Man in the Red Bandana'
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> By Jefferson H. Crowther
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> 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.
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>> 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 bandanna".
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>  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.
> 
> Fred C. Klein,
> Esq.
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