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Trump says firefighters near ground zero carried him to safety ‘right after' 9/11 attacks

At an event ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, President Donald Trump told a story Tuesday in which he said two firefighters picked him up off the ground near the U.S. Steel Building close to ground zero "right after" the terrorist attacks and whisked him away because they thought the building was going to collapse on them.

Trump says firefighters near ground zero carried him to safety ‘right after' 9/11 attacks

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At an event ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, President Donald Trump told a story Tuesday in which he said two firefighters picked him up off the ground near the U.S.

Steel Building close to ground zero "right after" the terrorist attacks and whisked him away because they thought the building was going to collapse on them.

"I'll never forget two firemen, we thought it was coming down on top of us, and two firemen, big, strong guys.

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At an event ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, President Donald Trump told a story Tuesday in which he said two firefighters picked him up off the ground near the U.S. Steel Building close to ground zero "right after" the terrorist attacks and whisked him away because they thought the building was going to collapse on them. "I'll never forget two firemen, we thought it was coming down on top of us, and two firemen, big, strong guys.

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  • Asked for more clarity about Trump's timeline and actions following 9/11, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said he "was relaying his experience of a city reeling immediately after and in the days and...
  • They grabbed me under the arm, said, 'Got to get out of here,'" Trump said, without specifying exactly when the incident occurred.

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They lifted me up, and they started running with me. I said, 'Fellas, I can run myself.' But they were amazing.

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