CaptainGeorgeNorth

I was in college when the Towers fell and don't have personal stories other than the friends of mine that got last calls from loved ones. But this story is worth remembering and sharing. Welles Crowther was 24 working as a stockbroker. In the middle of the chaos of 9/11 from the top floors he called his mother and told her he was okay. Then he tied a red bandanna around his face and went back to work. He cared for the wounded. Found a stairway. Led strangers down, then turned around and went back up for more. He kept doing that until the building collapsed selflessly. Months later, survivors began telling stories about the man in the red bandanna who had saved them, at least 18 people and his mother read the accounts and knew immediately it was Welles. People talk a lot about honoring 9/11. I think remembrance should ask something of us. Most of us will never face a moment like Welles did. But we still get a hundred smaller chances to be that kind of person. Today of all days, be that person.