The Red Bandanna: A life, A Choice, A Legacy

The Red Bandanna: A life, A Choice, A Legacy

A New York Times bestseller

What would you do in the last hour of your life?
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The story of WellesÂ Crowther,Â whoseÂ actions onÂ 9/11 offer a lasting lessonÂ onÂ character, calling and courage
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One Sunday morning before church, when Welles Crowther was a young boy, his father gave him a red handkerchief for his back pocket. Welles kept it with him that day, and just about every day to come; it became a fixture and his signature.

A standout athlete growing up in Upper Nyack, NY, Welles was also a volunteer at the local fire department, along with his father.Â He cherished the necessity and the camaraderie, the meaning of the role. Fresh from college, he took a Wall Street job on the 104thÂ floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center, but the dream of becoming a firefighter with the FDNY remained.

When the Twin Towers fell, Wellesâ€™s parents had no idea what happened to him. In the unbearable days that followed, they came to accept that he would never come home. But the mystery of his final hours persisted.Â Eight months after the attacks, however, Wellesâ€™s mother read a news account from several survivors, badly hurt on the 78th floor of the South Tower, who said they and others had been led to safety by a stranger, carrying a woman on his back, down nearly twenty flights of stairs.Â After leading them down, the young man turned around.Â â€œIâ€™m going back up,â€ was all he said.

The survivors didnâ€™t know his name, but despite the smoke and panic, one of them remembered a single detail clearly: the man was wearing a red bandanna. Â

Tom Rinaldiâ€™sÂ The Red BandannaÂ is about a fearless choice, about a crucible of terror and the indomitable spirit to answer it. Examining one decision in the gravest situation, it celebrates the difference one life can make.
Country USA
Brand Penguin Press
Manufacturer Penguin Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781594206771
Color Brown
ReleaseDate 2016-09-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781594206771

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin Press
Manufacturer	Penguin Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781594206771
Color	Brown
ReleaseDate	2016-09-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781594206771

The Red Bandanna: A life, A Choice, A Legacy

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