Honoring a 9/11 Hero with a New Scholarship

Sep 09, 2016 657

by Ken Budd

"Go ahead. I'll follow." Franco Lalama said those words to colleagues on the morning of September 11, 2001. He had led the evacuation of engineering offices on the 64th floor of One World Trade Center, but then, moments after heading down the stairs, he turned back. He wanted to check the offices one more time—to make sure no one had been left behind. "He put himself last and everyone else first," his wife Linda said.

Frank worked for the Port Authority, overseeing the structural integrity of bridges and tunnels. Now, on the 15th anniversary of 9/11, to honor his memory, his life, and his sacrifice, friends and family have created the Franco Lalama scholarship for Cross-Cultural Solutions, a global volunteering organization. The scholarship will help CCS volunteers to build cultural bridges in Costa Rica.

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