# Honoring the ‘man with the red bandana’ who saved lives on 9/11

https://mins.news/en/video/55162

- NBC News, 2026-09-11 20:32 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ-sVNLZnNQ

> Welles Crowther could have fled the World Trade Center as it collapsed, but he repeatedly returned while wearing his red bandana to help rescue as many people as possible. He has now been posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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