Washington, Sept. 8 -- Congressman Mike Lawler issued the following press release:
Washington, D.C. - 9/8/26. Today, Congressman Mike Lawler (NY-17) attended an event at the White House that President Donald J. Trump hosted for 9/11 first responders and officials. The President posthumously presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the family of Welles Remy Crowther, the Upper Nyack native and volunteer firefighter known as the "Man in the Red Bandana."
A 21-foot steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center's South Tower was also displayed on the White House Ellipse as part of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation's Steel Across America tour.
Rep. Lawler released the following statement:
"On September 11, 2001, when terror struck our n...