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The Man In The Red Bandanna: A Story Of Heroism On 9/11

On Sept. 11, 2001, one young man led several people down the stairs to safety after a plane hit the south tower of the World Trade Center. The people he helped only knew him as “the man in the red bandanna.” They now know his name was Welles Crowther. He died when the tower collapsed.

ESPN correspondent Tom Rinaldi, author of “The Red Bandanna,” joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to tell Crowther’s story.

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