On September 8-9, 2026, President Donald Trump claimed at a September 11 commemorative event that firefighters carried him to safety during the attacks, a statement disputed by fact-checkers. Trump has repeatedly made claims linking himself to the 9/11 recovery effort.
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President Trump has long sought to position himself close to the Sept. 11 recovery effort and has made a series of questionable and provocative statements to burnish his political brand.
Trump has repeatedly claimed that he assisted after the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center, but on Tuesday, he claimed that he was rescued by two firefighters shortly afterward.