Fact Check: Trump’s Story About Being Carried Away by Firefighters After the 9/11 Attack
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed at the White House that firefighters lifted and carried him away amid fears of a building collapse following the terror attacks.
- President Trump has for years told false or unproven stories about his actions following 9/11, including a 2016 claim that he led a crew of 100 workers to the World Trade Center.
- Richard Alles, a retired New York Fire Department official who worked Ground Zero, told The New York Times in 2019 he never witnessed Trump at the site and noted no records exist of a 100-person crew.
- While Trump cited fears of collapse at The One Liberty Plaza, rescue workers were evacuated on September 12 and September 14, 2001, though no proof exists he was among those evacuated.
- The Associated Press reported in 2016 that Trump greeted volunteers near the World Trade Center site, but investigations find no evidence supporting his claims he was whisked away by firefighters.
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Fact check: Trump’s story about being carried away by firefighters after the 9/11 attack
President Donald Trump has for years told false or unproven stories about what he supposedly saw and did on 9/11 and soon after. As the 25th anniversary of the terror attack approaches, Trump told another story at the White House on Tuesday — in which he claimed to have been carried away by firefighters amid fears of an imminent building collapse at some point after the attack.
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Trump claims firefighters carried him from Ground Zero
The US president resurrected an old story, of which there is no definitive proof, from the aftermath of 9/11.
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U.S. President Donald Trump recalled a dramatic moment during 9/11 memorial service, which involved two firefighters who rushed to pull him to safety after they feared a U.S. Steel structure was about to collapse. Trump, during a 9/11 praised the firefighters for their quick response, claiming that they literally lifted him and carried him away from the danger.
The US president claimed that firefighters forcibly removed him from a building that was in danger of collapsing after the September 11 attacks - Media outlets dispute that Trump approached "Ground Zero" on the day of the attack
The American president surprised with his personal narrative ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks, while choosing to speak at the Pentagon instead of Ground Zero.
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