He could have escaped. Instead, Crowther tied his red handkerchief, his "bandana," around his face in that heavy smoke and guided others to safety. Twenty years later, “the man in the red ...

Boston College plays an annual red bandana game in honor of a hero who graduated from the school in 1999. The tradition has reached beyond the world of college football, with even Patriots coach ...

Identified in part because of the red bandana he wore to protect himself from the smoke, his heroics have been documented in film, and in 2014 BC football hosted its first Red Bandana game in his ...