Trump Posthumously Awards Medal of Freedom to 9/11 Hero Welles Crowther Welles Crowther's life was tragically cut short on September 11, 2001, when he sacrificed his own life to save others at the World Trade Center.
Born in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1987, Crowther graduated from Boston University just a year before his untimely death.
As a bond trader for Barrow Group Investments on the 104th floor of the South Tower, he proved himself a selfless hero by helping multiple people escape the building and returning to hand out oxygen masks.