BREAKING: President Trump announces that 9/11 hero Welles Crowther will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Known as “The Man in the Red Bandana,” Crowther repeatedly ran back into the South Tower on 9/11 to help others escape, saving as many as 18 lives before losing his own.
Allison Crowther said her son’s legacy continues to endure nearly 25 years later: “Welles’ light still shines brightly.”
My grandfather said he’d never move into a retirement home.
He said, “Too expensive… and the food tastes like someone boiled sadness.”
Instead, he checked into a beachfront hotel.
We asked, “Grandpa, isn’t that even more expensive?”
He smiled and said, “Not really.
At the retirement home, I’d pay $200 a day for cold meatloaf and no visitors.
But here? For $150 a day, I get ocean views, room service, fresh towels, a pool…
…and suddenly all my grandkids remember I exist every weekend.”
Then he leaned back in his chair and delivered the final line like a mob boss:
“And if I die in the hotel lobby, the manager will actually look disappointed.
But at the nursing home? They just call it Tuesday.”
@JakeIggy He will always be a favorite of mine! My mom went thru cancer treatments the same time as him. She passed away this morning of heart failure.
@UNCLEVINNIESCC@seankanan@greg_vaughan I’m hoping to attend Boston. My mom is in hospice and don’t know how long she has. Hopefully I can buy a ticket at the door.
After John Ritter tragically passed away during Season 2 of 8 Simple Rules, the show addressed his death on-screen rather than writing him off, resulting in some of the most emotional sitcom episodes and introducing James Garner as the girls' grandfather.
13 years ago today, April 20, 2013, Neil Diamond made a surprise, unannounced appearance at Fenway Park to sing "Sweet Caroline" during the 8th inning of the Boston Red Sox game against the Kansas City. It was announced later that he would donate all royalties from the song to the One Fund Boston to benefit Marathon Bombings victims.