President Trump posthumously awarded Welles Remy Crowther the Presidential Medal of Freedom for rescuing 18 people from the World Trade Center’s south tower on Sept. 11, 2001, before he was killed in the building’s collapse. Trump presented the honor to Crowther’s mother, Alison Crowther, and sister, Paige Crowther Charbonneau, during a Steel Across America ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House. Crowther was an equities trader and volunteer firefighter. His family later created the Red Bandana Project, a social and emotional learning curriculum. The event featured a 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from Ground Zero and brought to the White House by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Trump was scheduled to mark the attacks’ 25th anniversary at the Pentagon, while Vice President Vance was set to attend a Ground Zero memorial service with former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.