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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. On that terrible morning, Crowther was working as an equities trader on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center’s South Tower when United Airlines Flight 175...

Man in Red Bandana’ writer and director Matthew Weiss sat down with Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous to discuss his documentary as well as the impact and legacy of Welles Remy Crowther’s heroic behavior on September 11th, as the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers approaches

The Man in the Red Bandana

ESPN interviewed those who knew and loved Welles Crowther, known among the heroes of 9/11 as (MUST see video) “the man in the red bandana:” Welles was 24-years-old on September 11, 2001. As mentioned by ESPN, Crowther played D-1 Lacrosse at Boston College, graduating in 1999 to then move on to New York City and work as an equities trader at Sandler, O’Neill and Partners on the 104th floor of the South Tower. A volunteer firefighter, Welles gave a call to his mom after the first plane hit to let her know he was ok at 9:12 a.m. He would...