Each time President Trump tells us what he saw and did on the day of the attacks, his actions in the aftermath become even more courageous.
This year offered a new milestone in the saga of 9/11. Someone born on that day can now register to vote. It has been 18 years.
At a Pentagon ceremony, President Trump was modest about his own heroic actions on the day of the attack.
Soon after, I went down to Ground Zero with men who worked for me to try to help in any little way that we could. We were not alone. So many others were scattered around trying to do the same. They were all trying to help.
This seemed to contradict the version presented on that day, as Mr. Trump was interviewed in the hours after the second tower of the World Trade Center fell. He made no mention then of having been at the scene. After a reference to one of his own properties, he relayed to television anchors information he said he was getting by telephone from an employee who was a few blocks away from the collapsed buildings.
And then when they built the World Trade Center it became known as the second tallest. And now it’s the tallest.
And I just spoke to my people, and they said it’s the most unbelievable sight. It’s probably seven or eight blocks away from the World Trade Center, and yet Wall Street is littered with two feet of stone and brick and mortar and steel.
Donald Trump Calls Into WWOR/UPN 9 News on 9/11
Richard Alles was a Fire Department battalion chief who later became deputy chief with the New York City Fire Department. He was at the scene within 20 minutes after the attack, supervising rescue efforts. He was asked about how Mr. Trump and his crew had helped at that dangerous time.
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