Trump Honors 9/11 Victims at the Ellipse, Pledging to ‘Never Forget’
Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Crowther and announced a Coast Guard cutter named for Jeffrey Palazzo.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump honored FDNY first responders at the White House, posthumously awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Crowther, the 24-year-old volunteer firefighter known as the "Man in the Red Bandana."
- The ceremony marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, featuring a 21-foot, 16,900-pound steel beam from the South Tower displayed on the White House Ellipse as part of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation's 'Steel Across America' tour.
- Crowther guided survivors from the South Tower's 78th-floor sky lobby, making three trips to save as many people as he could before the building collapsed, according to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
- Trump also announced the Coast Guard will commission a new fast-response cutter named for Jeffrey Palazzo, an FDNY Rescue Squad 5 member and Coast Guard reservist killed at the World Trade Center.
- As the nation marks the 25th anniversary on Friday, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation aims to deliver 343 mortgage-free homes this year, honoring every firefighter who perished in the Twin Towers.
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Key news items from VOA's "Today's Focus" on September 9, 2026 include: President Trump attends a commemoration of the 9/11 steel beams that crisscross the United States and honors volunteer firefighters who died in the attacks; Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first Chief Executive who championed Article 23 of the National Security Law, passes away at the age of 89; President Trump is about to welcome a visit from Chinese leaders, and experts discuss…
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Trump Honors 9/11 Victims at Ellipse, Awards Medal of Freedom to ‘Man in the Red Bandanna’
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President Trump honors 9/11 victims at the Ellipse, pledging to ‘never forget’
Nearly a quarter century after a day “etched forever into the memories of Americans,” President Donald Trump honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Tuesday by vowing to “never forget.”
Trump uses 9/11 speech to pay tribute to himself in front of first responders
President Donald Trump stood Tuesday in front of first responders, 9/11 families and a massive steel beam pulled from the wreckage of the World Trade Center to commemorate one of the darkest days in American history. And then, in classic Trump fashion, he started talking about himself. The ceremony on the White House Ellipse was […]
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