[Fredslist] September 11 Post - In Remembrance

Thu Sep 11 21:53:26 EDT 2014

Dear Fred,

I am moved to tears reading this accounting of Jefferson's brave son...

Earlier today, when I called my brother to "connect" at 9 am--out of 
respect to the memory of 9/11, he recounted his two friends/colleagues 
who left Bear Stearns (where my had brother worked) to found 
Sandler-O'Neill and Partners.  My brother was sharing his remembrances 
of his two colleagues--the founders who sadly led the employees up to 
the top floor, waiting for help. 

Jefferson's words ring with this memory.  Please share with him that a 
fellow Gothamite (me) heard this story, separately earlier today when I 
spoke with my brother as he sadly accounted for those he knew that were 
lost that day.

My hear goes out to this family--and every family who has suffered the 
painful losses attributed to 9/11.

Thank you for keeping us all in the loop.

I am moved by this heartfelt story...and thank you for sharing.

By the way, as a new member of Gotham, I look forward to meeting you.  I 
attended your orientation back in the spring but didn't have the 
pleasure of meeting you...so many people that night!

Phyllis Harbinger sponsored me and welcomed me into the Westchester 
chapter.  I am grateful to her for our new friendship and for the many 
wonderful associations I have and continue to make through Gotham.

Thank YOU!

Best

Debbie

PS  I completed my profile but can't for the life of me figure why my 
photo doesn't show-- it shows on my personal editing site, but not on 
the Gotham site.  I'll have to ask my husband (a computer expert) to 
help upload a new photo that will show my smiling face and connect me to 
the many wonderful people of Gotham.

DSM Marketing
Marketing Specialist
Helping Companies strategically and creatively position themselves in 
the marketplace

www.mironmarketing.com <http://www.mironmarketing.com>

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On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Fred Klein wrote:

As on every September 11,
I am posting Jefferson Crowther's poignant remembrance of
his son, Welles Remey Crowther.  Tonight, on September 11, 2014, at Mets 
Citifield, Jefferson will have the distinct honor of throwing out the 
first ball in tribute to his son. 

'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 bandanna".

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.

Managing Partner

Klein Zelman Rothermel Jacobs & Schess LLP

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