2001 Live(@25YearsAgoLive):24-year-old South Tower employee Welles Crowther calls his mother from the badly-burning 77th floor: “Mom, this is Welles,” he says, with a large amount of interference and commotion heard in the background. “I’m okay.” He then tells her that he’s going to go to the Sky Lobby to see what can be done about evacuating survivors and hangs up.

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2026.09.11 13:11

24-year-old South Tower employee Welles Crowther calls his mother from the badly-burning 77th floor: “Mom, this is Welles,” he says, with a large amount of interference and commotion heard in the background. “I’m okay.” He then tells her that he’s going to go to the Sky Lobby to see what can be done about evacuating survivors and hangs up.