Trump Honors 9/11 Victims at the Ellipse, Pledging to ‘Never Forget’
Trump also 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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Almost a quarter of a century after a day engraved forever in the memory of the Americans, President Donald Trump honored on Tuesday the victims of the attacks of September 11, 2001, promising never to forget. Read also: The US takes ‘war on terror' against targets on land Trump tells Putin that he wants a quick end to the war in Ukraine, says Kremlin Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump publish map with the island under American flag The e…
U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized on the 8th (local time), ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, that "America has become a greater and stronger nation than ever before." On this day, President Trump [attended] the 'United States' event held at Ellipse Park south of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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Trump honors 9/11 victims at the Ellipse, pledging to ‘never forget’
President Donald Trump has honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by vowing to “never forget.” He spoke Tuesday at an event at the Ellipse that opens days of commemorations of the attacks a quarter century ago. The event featured a massive steel beam from the World Trade Center. The beam will travel through New York on Friday, retracing the steps of fallen firefighter Stephen Siller. Trump said the battered beam “is a reminder that A…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 8th (local time), regarding the 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago, "Our country is unlike any ...
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