Examines the life of Welles Crowther, a boy who grew up in Upper Nyack, New York and always had in his back pocket a red handkerchief his father had given him one Sunday before church. Crowther grew up and got a job on the 104th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and, according to witnesses, he died there saving others' lives while wearing that handkerchief.

"Adapted for young readers"--Cover.