2026年5月22日 美国东部时间下午6:53 / 福克斯新闻
“威尔斯的光芒依旧闪耀，”他的母亲艾莉森在特朗普于周五在纽约的集会上宣布追授荣誉后说道
作者：亚历克·谢梅尔 福克斯新闻
唐纳德·特朗普总统在纽约的一场集会上宣布，他将追授被称为“红头巾男子”的9·11英雄威尔斯·克劳瑟美国最高平民荣誉，威尔斯在双子塔内救人时遇难。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统在纽约的一场集会上宣布，他将追授威尔斯·雷米·克劳瑟总统自由勋章——这位9·11英雄因在燃烧的南塔内多次带领受害者撤离后在恐怖袭击中遇难而被称为“红头巾男子”。
特朗普周五在罗克兰县的竞选活动中揭晓了这一总统自由勋章荣誉，此前纽约州共和党众议员迈克·劳勒曾敦促总统在9·11事件25周年之际表彰克劳瑟的英雄事迹。克劳瑟是一名24岁的股票交易员，同时也是志愿消防员，在幸存者讲述被一名脸上戴着红色头巾的男子引导穿过烟雾和废墟后，他成为了美国勇气的象征。
“应布鲁斯、迈克以及我们一些优秀政界人士的请求，且值2001年9月11日这个永远载入耻辱史册的黑暗日子25周年之际，我们将追授威尔斯总统自由勋章，”特朗普对罗克兰县的人群说道，现场响起了热烈的掌声。
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2026年5月22日周五，唐纳德·特朗普总统会见了威尔斯·克劳瑟的母亲艾莉森·克劳瑟，后者的儿子被称为“红头巾男子”，总统当天为其颁发了最高平民荣誉。（布伦丹·斯米亚洛夫斯基 / 法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
“这是仅次于国会荣誉勋章的最高奖项——这两个是最重磅的荣誉，而威尔斯将获得其中之一。我只想祝贺他伟大的母亲，她将儿子培养得如此优秀。多么勇敢啊，他救了那么多人，在某种意义上成为了传奇，其他人都不会做他所做的事。所以他将获得总统自由勋章。”
总统随后邀请了威尔斯的母亲艾莉森·克劳瑟上台，她向支持特朗普的人群发表了简短讲话，称授予儿子的这一奖项是“巨大的荣誉”。
“即使过了25年，威尔斯的光芒依旧闪耀，这是一件多么美好的事情，”她对人群说道，并提到她走遍世界讲述儿子的故事，足迹远至约旦。艾莉森·克劳瑟表示，在这些行程中，当她向孩子们讲述威尔斯的故事时，“他们深受感动和鼓舞……想要成为更好的人。”
全新9·11博物馆展览旨在通过极具冲击力的文物将年轻一代美国人与袭击事件联系起来
威尔斯是一名股票交易员，在南塔104层工作，当天早晨第一架飞机撞击北塔时他正在办公室。双塔被撞击后不久，他给母亲留了一条语音邮件，告诉她自己平安无事，但后来他的遗体在废墟中被发现。
美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马2014年5月15日在纽约国家9·11纪念博物馆揭幕仪式上发表讲话。（朱厄尔·萨曼德/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
据9·11纪念博物馆介绍，威尔斯“三次前往空中大厅，尽可能多地救人，直到燃烧的大楼倒塌”，有报道称他当天挽救了多达18条生命。在救援过程中，他用放在办公桌前的红色头巾捂住口鼻。
那条红色头巾目前在纽约市的9·11博物馆展出。隧道至塔楼基金会是一个支持急救人员及其家属的非营利组织，包括那些在9·11事件后成为受害者的人，该基金会表示威尔斯总是在办公桌前放一条红色头巾。
2025年9月10日，即9·11袭击24周年前夕，“致敬之光”装置在曼哈顿下城和世界贸易中心一号大楼上方的天际线中亮起，背景是自由女神像，这张照片从新泽西州泽西城拍摄。（加里·赫斯霍恩/盖蒂图片社）
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该基金会回忆称，当被问及为何总是带着红色头巾时，威尔斯回答：“有了这条红色头巾，我将要改变世界。”他的父亲告诉威尔斯，总是随身携带一条红色头巾以应对“棘手的工作”。
“有些人活了100年，也没有他那样的同情心和能力去做他所做的事，”一名被克劳瑟救出的幸存者说道。
Trump announces highest civilian honor for 9/11 hero remembered as the ‘Man in the Red Bandana’
May 22, 2026 6:53pm EDT / Fox News
‘Welles’ light still shines brightly,’ his mother, Alison, said after Trump announced the posthumous honor at a Friday rally in New York
By Alec Schemmel Fox News
President Donald Trump announced during a rally in New York that he would post-harmoniously award 9/11 hero Welles Crowther, known as the ‘man in the red bandana,’ who died saving lives inside the Twin Towers.
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President Donald Trump announced during a rally in New York that he was posthumously awarding the nation’s highest civilian honor to Welles Remy Crowther, the 9/11 hero remembered as the “Man in the Red Bandana” after he repeatedly led victims to safety from the burning South Tower before dying in the terrorist attacks.
Trump revealed the Presidential Medal of Freedom honor during a Rockland County stop on Friday with Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., who had urged the president to recognize Crowther’s heroism ahead of the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11. Crowther, a 24-year-old equities trader who also worked as a volunteer firefighter, became a symbol of American courage after survivors recounted being guided through smoke and wreckage by a man wearing a red bandana over his face.
“At the request of Bruce, and Mike, and some of the political — great political people we have, and we are approaching the 25th anniversary of September 11th, 2001, a dark day that will live in infamy. We are posthumously awarding Welles the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” Trump told the Rockland County crowd, earning a resounding applause.
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President Donald Trump seen greeting Alison Crowther, the mother of Welles Crowther, known as the ‘Man in the red bandana,’ who the president awarded the highest civilian honor to on Friday, May 22, 2026.(Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
“It’s the highest award outside of the Congressional Medal of Honor — those are the two biggies and Welles has one of them. I just want to congratulate his great mother in doing a phenomenal job in raising that young man. Boy, what bravery, saved those people and became a legend in a sense, nobody else would have done what he did. So he’s going to be getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom.”
The president subsequently brought up Welles’ mother, Alison Crowther, who addressed the pro-Trump crowd momentarily, describing the award bestowed on her son as a “huge honor.”
“It’s such a beautiful thing that even 25 years later, Welles’ light still shines brightly,” she told the crowd, noting she has traveled the world telling her son’s story to places as far away as Jordan. Alison Crowther remarked that in these travels, when she tells children Welles’ story, “They’re tremendously moved and inspired … to be better people.”
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Welles, an equities trader who worked on the 104th floor of the South Tower, was in his office when the first aircraft hit the North Tower that morning. He left his mother a voicemail shortly after the towers were struck, letting her know he was okay, but his body was later found amid the rubble.
US President Barack Obama speaks at the dedication of the national September 11th Memorial Museum in New York, on May 15, 2014.(JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)
According to the 9/11 Memorial& Museum, Welles “made three trips to the sky lobby, saving as many people as he could, until the burning building collapsed,” with some reports indicating he saved up to 18 lives that day. As he did so, Welles covered his nose and mouth with a red bandana he kept at his desk.
That red bandana is currently displayed at the 9/11 museum in New York City. The Tunnels to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit that supports first responders and their families, including those who became victims after 9/11, said Welles always kept a red bandana at his desk.
The Tribute in Light is illuminated above the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center behind the Statue of Liberty ahead of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York City on September 10, 2025, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey.(Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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The foundation recounted how, when he was asked why he always carried the red bandana, Welles replied: “With this red bandana, I’m going to change the world.” His father, the foundation said, told Welles to always carry a red bandana on him for “messy jobs.”
“People can live 100 years and not have the compassion, the wherewithal to do what he did,” a survivor rescued by Crowther has said.
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