Honoring the man with the red bandana who saved many lives during 9/11
Welles Crowther could have escaped the World Trade Center collapse. Instead, he repeatedly ran back trying to save as many people as possible while wearing his red bandana. Now, he has been posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from NBC News says: Welles Crowther could have escaped the World Trade Center collapse. Instead, he repeatedly ran back trying to save as many people as possible while wearing his red bandana. Now, he has been posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports.
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- Primary source: NBC News
- Published: Sep 11, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Politics
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