Donald Trump Claims Firefighters Saved Him at 9/11 Site Despite Being Miles Away During Attack
Trump revived an unverified account of firefighters lifting him from Ground Zero while honoring a New York City firefighter and 9/11 hero.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed firefighters carried him out of Ground Zero 25 years ago during a Washington tribute event, resurrecting an anecdote lacking definitive proof.
- Describing his experience at One Liberty Plaza, Trump recounted firefighters telling him, "Got to get out of here!" while honoring 9/11 heroes at the ceremony near the White House.
- Authorities cleared One Liberty Plaza of structural concerns by September 12, 2001, contradicting Trump's evacuation claim; previous accounts place him at Trump Tower, four miles from the Twin Towers.
- Critics frequently dispute the President's 9/11 anecdotes, and reports indicate he will be the only living president absent from this year's Ground Zero memorial ceremony in New York City.
- Trump also posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Crowther, an equities trader who saved numerous lives at the World Trade Centre during the 2001 attacks.
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Donald Trump Claims Firefighters Saved Him at 9/11 Site Despite Being Miles Away During Attack
President Donald Trump claimed he was saved by 9/11 first responders despite being miles away from the devastating September 11, 2011, terrorist attack on New York City. “I was building a big building in New York, and I took the whole crew down there right after this happened,” Trump, 80, claimed while speaking at a […]
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Donald Trump surprised Tuesday by reporting that he would have been removed manu militari by two firefighters from a building threatening to collapse.
Trump claims he was carried out of Ground Zero after September 11 - is that true?
The US president told a September 11 tribute event that firefighters carried him out of Ground Zero in the aftermath of the tragedy 25 years ago, resurrecting an old story of which there is no definitive proof.
‘Stolen valor’: Trump’s 9/11 story draws scorn as fabrication
While Republicans express “offense” at plans for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to attend September 11 remembrances this week due to his Muslim faith, US President Donald Trump provoked outrage on Tuesday when he told what seems to be a fabricated story about his heroism following the terrorist attack. Before a crowd that included over 100 first responders, Trump described being at […] The post ‘Stolen valor’: Trump’s 9/11 story draws scorn …
‘Trying Not to Betray the Stink’: Trump Tells Wild 9/11 Rescue Story, Then the Man Across from Him Steals the Segment with One Look
With the 9/11 anniversary approaching, President Donald Trump’s latest claims have once again put his own role in the aftermath of the deadly attacks under […] ‘Trying Not to Betray the Stink’: Trump Tells Wild 9/11 Rescue Story, Then the Man Across from Him Steals the Segment with One Look
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