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==Early life== |
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Welles Remy Crowther was born the first of three children. His parents, Jefferson and Allison, raised him and his two sisters, Honor and Paige, in the New York City suburb<ref name=CNN>Botelho, Greg; Hinojosa, Maria. [http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/america.remembers/stories/heroes/welles.html "The man in the red bandana"]. [[CNN]].</ref><ref name=DailyNews>Weiss, Dick (September 11, 2011). [http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-09-11/sports/30162463_1_bandanna-welles-crowther-boston-college "Touching 9/11 tribute to Welles Crowther, selfless hero, before Central Florida-Boston College game"]. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''.</ref> of [[Nyack, New York]].<ref name=ManInRedBandana>Rinaldi, Tom (writer); [[Burns, Ken]] (narrator). [http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=11505494 ''Man In The Red Bandana Advertisement'']. [[ESPN]]. September 2011; retrieved September 4, 2012.</ref> Through his father, he was a grandson of [[Bosley Crowther]], film critic of ''[[The New York Times]]'' from 1940 to 1967.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/a-close-bond-and-the-unending-toll-of-911/?mcubz=1&_r=0|title=A Close Bond and the Unending Toll of 9/11|first=David W.|last=Dunlap|work=[[The New York Times]]| date=June 8, 2012|accessdate=September 5, 2017}}</ref> As a child, Crowther saw his father getting dressed for church and wrapping a small comb in a blue or red bandana he kept it in his right hip pocket. When Welles was 6 years old, his father gave him a red bandana that would become Crowther's trademark<ref name=DailyNews/><ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> which he wore under all of his sports uniforms in high school.<ref name=DailyNews/> |
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Welles Remy Crowther was born the first of three children. His parents, Jefferson and Alison, raised him and his two sisters, Honor and Paige, in the New York City suburb<ref name=CNN>Botelho, Greg; Hinojosa, Maria. [http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/america.remembers/stories/heroes/welles.html "The man in the red bandana"]. [[CNN]].</ref><ref name=DailyNews>Weiss, Dick (September 11, 2011). [http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-09-11/sports/30162463_1_bandanna-welles-crowther-boston-college "Touching 9/11 tribute to Welles Crowther, selfless hero, before Central Florida-Boston College game"]. ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''.</ref> of [[Nyack, New York]].<ref name=ManInRedBandana>Rinaldi, Tom (writer); [[Burns, Ken]] (narrator). [http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=11505494 ''Man In The Red Bandana Advertisement'']. [[ESPN]]. September 2011; retrieved September 4, 2012.</ref> Through his father, he was a grandson of [[Bosley Crowther]], film critic of ''[[The New York Times]]'' from 1940 to 1967.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/a-close-bond-and-the-unending-toll-of-911/?mcubz=1&_r=0|title=A Close Bond and the Unending Toll of 9/11|first=David W.|last=Dunlap|work=[[The New York Times]]| date=June 8, 2012|accessdate=September 5, 2017}}</ref> As a child, Crowther saw his father getting dressed for church and wrapping a small comb in a blue or red bandana he kept it in his right hip pocket. When Welles was 6 years old, his father gave him a red bandana that would become Crowther's trademark<ref name=DailyNews/><ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> which he wore under all of his sports uniforms in high school.<ref name=DailyNews/> |
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At 16, Crowther joined his father as a volunteer firefighter,<ref name=CNN/><ref name=DailyNews/> becoming a junior member of the Empire Hook and Ladder Company.<ref name=DailyNews/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> He later attended [[Boston College]], where he played [[lacrosse]],<ref name=CNN/><ref name=DailyNews/> In 1999, Crowther graduated with honors with a degree in economics.<ref name=DailyNews/> He subsequently moved to New York City, taking a job as an equities trader<ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> for [[Sandler O'Neill and Partners]], settling into an office on the 104th floor of South Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]. He later entertained dreams of joining the [[New York City Fire Department|FDNY]] or the [[FBI]] or [[CIA]].<ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> |
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At 16, Crowther joined his father as a volunteer firefighter,<ref name=CNN/><ref name=DailyNews/> becoming a junior member of the Empire Hook and Ladder Company.<ref name=DailyNews/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> He later attended [[Boston College]], where he played [[lacrosse]],<ref name=CNN/><ref name=DailyNews/> In 1999, Crowther graduated with honors with a degree in economics.<ref name=DailyNews/> He subsequently moved to New York City, taking a job as an equities trader<ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> for [[Sandler O'Neill and Partners]], settling into an office on the 104th floor of South Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]. He later entertained dreams of joining the [[New York City Fire Department|FDNY]] or the [[FBI]] or [[CIA]].<ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> |
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On September 11, 2001, minutes after [[United Airlines Flight 175]] struck the South Tower between floors 78 and 85 at 9:03 a.m.,<ref name=DailyNews/> Crowther called his mother from his office at 9:12 a.m., leaving the message, "Mom, this is Welles. I wanted you to know that I'm OK." Crowther made his way to the 78th floor sky lobby, where he encountered a group of survivors, including a badly burned Ling Young, who worked on the 86th floor in New York's Department of Taxation and Finance. Young had been one of approximately 200 people waiting at a bank of elevators to evacuate when the plane hit the tower, and one of the few survivors.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> Crowther, carrying a young woman on his back, directed them to the one working stairway. The survivors followed him 17 floors down, where he dropped off the woman he was carrying before heading back upstairs to assist others. By the time he returned to the 78th floor, he had a [[bandana]] around his nose and mouth to protect him from smoke and haze.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=DailyNews/> He found another group of survivors, which included AON Corp. Employee Judy Wein, who worked on the 103rd floor and was in pain from a broken arm, cracked ribs and a punctured lung.<ref name=CNN/> According to Wein, Crowther assisted in putting out fires and administering first aid. He then announced to that group, "Everyone who can stand, stand now. If you can help others, do so."<ref name=ManInRedBandana/> He directed this group downstairs as well.<ref name=CNN/> As occupants of the Tower headed for the street, Crowther returned up the stairs to help others.<ref name=DailyNews/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> He was last seen doing so with members of the FDNY before the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m.<ref name=DailyNews/> |
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On September 11, 2001, minutes after [[United Airlines Flight 175]] struck the South Tower between floors 78 and 85 at 9:03 a.m.,<ref name=DailyNews/> Crowther called his mother from his office at 9:12 a.m., leaving the message, "Mom, this is Welles. I wanted you to know that I'm OK." Crowther made his way to the 78th floor sky lobby, where he encountered a group of survivors, including a badly burned Ling Young, who worked on the 86th floor in New York's Department of Taxation and Finance. Young had been one of approximately 200 people waiting at a bank of elevators to evacuate when the plane hit the tower, and one of the few survivors.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> Crowther, carrying a young woman on his back, directed them to the one working stairway. The survivors followed him 17 floors down, where he dropped off the woman he was carrying before heading back upstairs to assist others. By the time he returned to the 78th floor, he had a [[bandana]] around his nose and mouth to protect him from smoke and haze.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=DailyNews/> He found another group of survivors, which included AON Corp. Employee Judy Wein, who worked on the 103rd floor and was in pain from a broken arm, cracked ribs and a punctured lung.<ref name=CNN/> According to Wein, Crowther assisted in putting out fires and administering first aid. He then announced to that group, "Everyone who can stand, stand now. If you can help others, do so."<ref name=ManInRedBandana/> He directed this group downstairs as well.<ref name=CNN/> As occupants of the Tower headed for the street, Crowther returned up the stairs to help others.<ref name=DailyNews/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> He was last seen doing so with members of the FDNY before the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m.<ref name=DailyNews/> |
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Crowther's body was found on March 19, 2002,<ref name=DailyNews/> alongside several firefighters and emergency workers bunched in a suspected command post in the South Tower lobby.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> The New York medical examiner's office said his body was found intact, with no signs of burns, and that authorities speculated that he was aiding the rescue effort as a civilian usher when the building collapsed.<ref name=CNN/> Crowther's family was unaware of the details of Crowther's activities between his last phone call to his mother and his death, until Allison Crowther read Judy Wein's firsthand account in ''[[The New York Times]]'' of being saved by a man in a red bandana, which led to Allison meeting with the people Welles had saved, including Wein and Young; they confirmed from photographs the identity of the man who aided them.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> According to survivor accounts, Crowther saved as many as 18 people following the attacks.<ref name=ManInRedBandana/> |
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Crowther's body was found on March 19, 2002,<ref name=DailyNews/> alongside several firefighters and emergency workers bunched in a suspected command post in the South Tower lobby. His body was easily identified using his still visible ID. <ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> The New York medical examiner's office said his body was found intact, with no signs of burns, and that authorities speculated that he was aiding the rescue effort as a civilian usher when the building collapsed.<ref name=CNN/> Crowther's family was unaware of the details of Crowther's activities between his last phone call to his mother and his death, until Allison Crowther read Judy Wein's firsthand account in ''[[The New York Times]]'' of being saved by a man in a red bandana, which led to Allison meeting with the people Welles had saved, including Wein and Young; they confirmed from photographs the identity of the man who aided them.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=ManInRedBandana/> According to survivor accounts, Crowther saved as many as 18 people following the attacks.<ref name=ManInRedBandana/> |
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==Legacy== |
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==Legacy== |
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