Welles Crowther

Welles Crowther

Welles Remy Crowther was an American equities trader and volunteer firefighter. He is known for saving as many as 18 lives during the September 11 attacks in New York City. Crowther’s body was found in March 2002, alongside several firefighters and emergency workers bunched in a suspected command post in the World Trade Center lobby.

About Welles Crowther in brief

Summary Welles CrowtherWelles Remy Crowther was an American equities trader and volunteer firefighter. He is known for saving as many as 18 lives during the September 11 attacks in New York City. He was last seen doing so with members of the FDNY before the South Tower collapsed. Crowther’s body was found in March 2002, alongside several firefighters and emergency workers bunched in a suspected command post in the World Trade Center lobby. In 2011, Crowther competed as a member of the United States snowboarding team in the Winter Olympics in Orlando, Florida. In the same year, he was posthumously named an honorary New York city firefighter by Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta. He wore a red bandana in honor of his father in a UCF-Boston College football game in Orlando on September 10, 2011, a day after the 9/11 attacks.

He died in a car crash in New Jersey on September 14, 2012. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters. He also leaves behind two sons, a son-in-law and a daughter-in law, all of whom are currently living in the U.S. with their own families. The family also established the Welles. Remy CrowTher Charitable Trust, which they fund with a 5-kilometer road race every October at Boston College. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details.