President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered another public recollection of the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, offering fresh details as he reflected on the tragedy ahead of its 25th anniversary. Speaking at a "Steel Across America" event near the White House to honor first responders and the victims of the attacks, Trump recalled bringing construction workers to Ground Zero shortly after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers and described a chaotic scene in Lower Manhattan as rescue and recovery operations got underway. He also recounted a dramatic moment in which, he said, two firefighters grabbed him and carried him away from an area where officials feared a nearby building could collapse.
"I was building a big building in New York, and I took the whole crew down there right after this happened," Trump said. "And they had no hesitation. Everybody went down with me.
We went down as a big group of people. I'll be honest, it was raw and nobody's seen anything like it ever. "The United States Steel Building was creaking, really creaking, and we thought it was gonna fall down.
It still creeks, but it never came down. And I'll never forget two firemen. We thought it was coming down on top of us, and two firemen, big strong guys, and I'm not the smallest guy in the world.
They grab me under the arms. They literally lifted me up. They lifted me up and they started running with me.
I said, 'Fellas, I can run myself.' But they were amazing. But they thought it was coming down." The building that Trump referred to as the U.S. Steel Building is now known as One Liberty Plaza, a 54-story office tower in Lower Manhattan that was damaged but remained standing after the attacks.
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