The Story Behind ‘The Man in The Red Bandana,’ A 9/11 Hero

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🗓️ 11 September 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Today marks the 21st anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the United States. More than 3,000 Americans were murdered that day by terrorists. But countless lives were also survived thanks to first responders and everyday people who stepped up. Amid the chaos following the destruction of the World Trade Center, one man, wearing a red bandana, was memorialized as a hero after he sprang into action to help his fellow New Yorkers. Welles Crowther was working in the Twin Towers when the tragedy occurred, and he chose to go back into the South Tower to rescue survivors stuck on the 78th-floor sky lobby. He sacrificed his own life after 12 strangers that day and became known as the 'Man In The Red Bandana.' Earlier this week, Welles' mother, Alison Crowther, joined the FOX News Rundown host Dave Anthony to share his heroic legacy, the story behind his famous red bandana, and why she hopes that sharing his story today continues to keep him alive. Alison's story was heartbreaking, but also incredibly inspiring. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire conversation with Alison Crowther and learn even more about her heroic son and how he continues to change lives after his death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	This is the Fox News rundown, Extra.
0:19.0	I'm Dave Anthony. Today we make good on a pledge millions of Americans made 21 years ago to
0:31.0	never forget. Never forget the day America came under attack on September 11th
0:37.0	2001. When terrorists hijacked planes they turned into weapons of mass
0:42.4	destruction killing nearly 3,000 people in New York
0:46.8	City, in Washington, and in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when the heroes
0:52.3	on United Flight 93 fought back in a passenger
0:56.1	revolt.
0:57.6	They had heard about the other three planes that were flown into buildings and did not want to be part of a fourth. The Pentagon was hit, so
1:06.4	we're the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, which is our focus today in New York.
1:11.7	21 years after me and maybe you and many of us, watched on live TV
1:20.3	as those towers collapsed one by one.
1:23.6	And there were many other heroes on that horrible day and you are about to hear from the
1:28.8	mother of one of them, who was initially known as the man in the red bandana who saved lives in the South Tower as it burned until he lost his.
1:40.0	Now we didn't know his story that day or that month even that year. It came out later and then the legend grew
1:48.6	His name is Wells Crowther and we told his story in the rundown podcast on Friday but there is so much more
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