Welles Crowther, the Man in the Red Bandana, Showed the World What Christian Empathy Looks Like

The Man in the Red Bandana saved as many as 18 people on 9/11 and was honored with the Medal of Freedom on Tuesday. Pope Leo XIV calls empathy a call from God, and Welles Crowther is what that call looks like when it starts climbing stairs.

A red bandana rests on Welles Remy Crowther’s name at the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan. His name is inscribed on the South Pool, Panel S-50, among the people killed in the South Tower.

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