http://twitter.com/#!/SenJohnMcCain/status/361494434870853633

Col. George “Bud” Day, Medal of Honor recipient and Air Force pilot who was shot down over Vietnam and suffered over five years of brutality at the “Hanoi Hilton” where he was imprisoned with John McCain, has passed away at the age of 88.

http://twitter.com/#!/dannowicki/status/361545619304742912

On Twitter, many remarked about the loss of Col. Day:

http://twitter.com/#!/SarahPalinUSA/status/361611100158046211
http://twitter.com/#!/SteveKingIA/status/361498191255961600
http://twitter.com/#!/hughhewitt/status/361556378801811457

Read more about Day’s fascinating and heroic life:

http://twitter.com/#!/CBSNews/status/361546231325016064
http://twitter.com/#!/noonanjo/status/361542888737349632

Here at Twitchy we’d like to offer our condolences to Col. Day’s family on the passing of a true American hero.

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/07/28/medal-of-honor-recipient-col-bud-day-dies-john-mccain-remembers-bravest-man-i-ever-knew/