Donald Trump claim he was at 9/11 and rescued is false

Recounting his response after the 9/11 attack, President Donald Trump said he brought workers to the site and was carried off by firefighters during an evacuation. We looked into the facts behind Trump’s stories.

11, 2001, attacks in an interview and event leading up to the 25th anniversary this week, repeating statements that lack evidence about aiding in the recovery. "I was building a building in New York, and I had a lot of construction workers.

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.

“Everything I said was exactly accurate,” he said of his remarks at the Ellipse outside the White House, sharing a TV news clip of him speaking after the attacks. Asked for more clarity about Trump’s timeline and actions following 9/11, ...

Donald Trump often brings up September 11, the devastating al-Qaida attack that struck his home town New York City almost 25 years ago. His recollections of that day have repeatedly included exaggerations and falsehoods – including this week, when he shared an anecdote at a White House event commemorating the attacks that appears to be untrue.

He has repeatedly said that he took a construction crew with him to Lower Manhattan and was deeply involved in cleaning up the site, a claim that has been called into question by at least one former fire official who was involved in the recovery ...

They lifted me up and they started running with me. I said, ‘Fellas, I can run myself,’ but they were amazing.” There is no evidence backing up Mr. Trump’s claim about the firefighters carrying him to safety shortly after the attack.

During an event honoring victims who died on Sept. 11, 2001, President Trump tried to position himself close to the recovery efforts shortly after the attack. But first responders who were at ground zero and a biographer dispute his claims.

Historical reports show Trump visited Lower Manhattan after the attacks, but a previous USA TODAY fact check found no public evidence that he participated in rescue, recovery or cleanup efforts at Ground Zero.