{"id":223535,"date":"2026-09-09T01:51:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/watch-trump-remembers-9-11-victims-and-heroes-at-steel-across-america-anniversary-event-pbs\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T01:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T01:51:35","slug":"watch-trump-remembers-9-11-victims-and-heroes-at-steel-across-america-anniversary-event-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/watch-trump-remembers-9-11-victims-and-heroes-at-steel-across-america-anniversary-event-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Trump remembers 9\/11 victims and heroes at Steel Across America anniversary event – PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Nearly a quarter century after a day “etched forever into the memories of Americans,” President Donald Trump honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Tuesday by vowing to “never forget.”
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The event at the Ellipse was spearheaded by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation and showcased a massive, 21-foot, nearly 17,000-pound steel beam recovered from the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York, which had traveled for months across the country as part of the Steel Across America tour.
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The steel beam will make its way through New York in a procession on Friday by retracing the steps of fallen New York City firefighter Stephen Siller. Trump’s presence at the event on Tuesday just outside the White House began a week of commemorations that will culminate in several events on Friday, including one at the Pentagon that Trump will attend.
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“This battered piece of steel here today on the Ellipse is a reminder that America is blessed with a strength no fire can consume, no evil can conquer and no terror can destroy,” Trump said.
Trump noted that the Sept. 11 attacks were one of few moments in history that “divide time into really what came before” and after.
His remarks briefly dipped into the political, as Trump warned of people turning a “communistic way” \u2014 a reference to his frequent attacks on Democrats as more democratic socialists gain influence in the party.
During his remarks, Trump paid particular tribute to two men who died in the attacks: Jeffrey Palazzo, a New York City firefighter, and Welles Crowther, a young equities trader who became known as the “man in the red bandanna” after rescuing several people in the attacks.
Trump said the U.S. Coast Guard will commission a new fast-response cutter this weekend in New York in honor of Palazzo, a Coast Guard reservist who was working out of Staten Island’s Rescue Squad 5 when he responded to the attacks 25 years ago.