“I found the stairs. Follow me, and help the ones that can be helped.”
Those were the words 24 year old Welles Crowther spoke to survivors trapped on the 78th floor of the South Tower on September 11, 2001.
With a red bandana covering his face, he led people down the stairs, carried an injured woman, and then turned around and went back up to help more.
He never made it out.
For months, survivors knew him only as the Man in the Red Bandana. Then they finally learned his name: Welles Crowther.
🚨THE CALL THAT FIRST WARNED THE WORLD 🕊️
Flight attendant Betty Ong made a 23-minute phone call from Flight 11, calmly relaying details as the hijacking unfolded around her.
Her call was the very first warning officials received on September 11, 2001.
She stayed on the line the entire time, giving crucial information that helped authorities understand what was happening in real time. 💔
25 years later, we still remember her courage. 🇺🇸🙏
imagine you're living in a house with 8 other people...they all disappear... you go up to your bathroom to let out the juiciest fart of your life...and they're all hiding in your shower... #BB28
A restaurant in New Jersey has apologized after a disabled woman was given a birthday cake that said "happy wheelchair birthday!"
The restaurant said there was “no malicious or disrespectful intent"
I know we live in a world where people like to pretend that representation doesn’t matter.
But there is an entire nation of people who got to see someone that looked like them play in the NFL for the first time.
And I for one thinks that’s pretty cool.
👩❤️👩🏳️🌈Two lesbian nuns who hated each other get married after quitting convent.
Francília Costa and Luiza Silvério tied the knot in an outdoor civil ceremony in October 2025 after first meeting in a convent in 2019 – when they didn’t like each other.