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Just thought I'd share this with my Vol bretheren... I am a UT grad and UCF season ticket holder. I'll be up at the Cinicinnati game this weekend, wearing a red bandana.
ESPN's Outside the Lines aired the story of Boston College Class of '99 alumni Welles Crowther. Crowther was a BC lacrosse player who lost his life on 9/11 after saving a dozen lives in the World Trade Center. It was a very well done, heart breaking story and well worth the watch if you haven't seen it yet. Keep a box of tissues handy, it's a tear jerker... Man In The Red Bandanna - ESPN Video - ESPN
Well, inspired by the story, a couple of UCF students started a facebook page urging fans to wear red bandanas to the UCF-BC game on Saturday night (8PM, CBS College Sports). The page is up over 5,000 attendees and growing quickly.
"No matter what jersey you have on, or what team you are rooting for, we will all UKnight this Saturday for one great cause. Welles Crowther was a great man who left behind a signifcant legacy and it is a privlage to be able to honor him this weekend. At the same time, we need to let these red bandanas represent what he stood for and how his life ended. These bandanas will no doubt be in memory of Welles R. Crowther, but they will also be in memory of every single victim who lost their lives 10 years ago on September 11th, 2001. Never forget, always remember."
Red bandanna honoring 9/11 hero goes perfectly with UCF's school colors - OrlandoSentinel.com
His father, Jefferson, gave him the red bandanna when he was just 8 years old. He told his son to always carry it because it would make him stand out and because he might need it someday. It became Welles' trademark through boyhood, through high school and through college, where he used to wear it under his lacrosse helmet at B.C.
He was a junior firefighter as a teenager and always dreamed of being a real firefighter someday, but after college, he decided to give Wall Street a try instead. And when the second plane hit the second building, he was a 24-year-old equities trader with an office on the 104 floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
Chaos ensued. Smoke engulfed the building. Walls and ceilings crumbled. Many who were trapped inside were either seriously injured or paralyzed by panic. That's when, eyewitnesses say, a man appeared "out of nowhere" and took control and said, "Follow me, I have found the stairs."
Just thought I'd share...
Go Vols!
See you guys on Saturday! :rock:
ESPN's Outside the Lines aired the story of Boston College Class of '99 alumni Welles Crowther. Crowther was a BC lacrosse player who lost his life on 9/11 after saving a dozen lives in the World Trade Center. It was a very well done, heart breaking story and well worth the watch if you haven't seen it yet. Keep a box of tissues handy, it's a tear jerker... Man In The Red Bandanna - ESPN Video - ESPN
Well, inspired by the story, a couple of UCF students started a facebook page urging fans to wear red bandanas to the UCF-BC game on Saturday night (8PM, CBS College Sports). The page is up over 5,000 attendees and growing quickly.
"No matter what jersey you have on, or what team you are rooting for, we will all UKnight this Saturday for one great cause. Welles Crowther was a great man who left behind a signifcant legacy and it is a privlage to be able to honor him this weekend. At the same time, we need to let these red bandanas represent what he stood for and how his life ended. These bandanas will no doubt be in memory of Welles R. Crowther, but they will also be in memory of every single victim who lost their lives 10 years ago on September 11th, 2001. Never forget, always remember."
Red bandanna honoring 9/11 hero goes perfectly with UCF's school colors - OrlandoSentinel.com
His father, Jefferson, gave him the red bandanna when he was just 8 years old. He told his son to always carry it because it would make him stand out and because he might need it someday. It became Welles' trademark through boyhood, through high school and through college, where he used to wear it under his lacrosse helmet at B.C.
He was a junior firefighter as a teenager and always dreamed of being a real firefighter someday, but after college, he decided to give Wall Street a try instead. And when the second plane hit the second building, he was a 24-year-old equities trader with an office on the 104 floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
Chaos ensued. Smoke engulfed the building. Walls and ceilings crumbled. Many who were trapped inside were either seriously injured or paralyzed by panic. That's when, eyewitnesses say, a man appeared "out of nowhere" and took control and said, "Follow me, I have found the stairs."
Just thought I'd share...
Go Vols!
See you guys on Saturday! :rock:
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