President Trump to Posthumously Award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 9/11 Hero Welles Crowther, the Man in the Red Bandana

President Trump is putting one of America’s most unforgettable 9/11 heroes back in the national spotlight.

President Trump announced that Welles Remy Crowther, the 24-year-old former Boston College lacrosse player who gave his life saving strangers inside the burning South Tower on September 11, 2001, will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.

Crowther is known to history as the Man in the Red Bandana.

BREAKING: President Trump announces that 9/11 hero Welles Crowther will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Known as “The Man in the Red Bandana,” Crowther repeatedly ran back into the South Tower on 9/11 to help others escape, saving as many as 18 lives… pic.twitter.com/4xDqNQqHsb

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