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Fact-checking Trump's stories about his own 9/11 response
PBS • • nation
Key Points:
- Former President Trump recounted being evacuated by firefighters from a building feared to be collapsing near Ground Zero on 9/11, though no official records confirm his presence at the site during the recovery efforts.
- Trump has claimed to have brought hundreds of construction workers to aid in the 9/11 recovery, but fact-checkers, including PolitiFact, found no evidence to verify these claims or his repeated visits to Ground Zero.
- Eyewitness accounts and officials, including a former NYFD battalion chief, have no records or recollections of Trump working or supervising cleanup efforts at Ground Zero.
- Trump was seen near Ground Zero shortly after the attacks, often impeccably dressed, and has been described by some as offering moral support to first responders, though the extent of his involvement remains unclear.
- Trump will not attend the 25th anniversary 9/11 commemoration in New York, opting for a Pentagon ceremony instead, reportedly due to restrictions on political speeches at the New York event, a claim he disputes.
