Trump to meet with Tunnel to Towers Foundation for 9/11 anniversary
President Donald Trump will participate in a ceremony at the White House next week, aligned with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s “Steel Across America” tour, which is bringing a large piece of World Trade Center steel to Washington, D.C., in honor of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.Trump is expected to speak alongside foundation CEO Frank Siller during the event scheduled for September 8. The event features a 21-foot, 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the south tower of the World Trade Center, and will include attendance from officials of the Trump administration, NYC Fire department, and washington, D.C. fire services. The tour has traveled over 10,500 miles across the U.S., visiting more than 35 locations in 21 states and D.C. as May, beginning in New York. The White House event precedes commemorative ceremonies on September 11 at sites including the Pentagon, Ground Zero in NYC, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The tunnel to Towers Foundation was established to honor FDNY firefighter stephen Siller, who died responding to the attacks, and is now led by his brother Frank siller. The attacks resulted in 2,977 deaths, with many more losing their lives to related health issues in subsequent years.
President Donald Trump will join first responders and the Tunnel to Towers Foundation at the White House next week as the group brings a massive piece of World Trade Center steel to Washington, D.C., ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Trump is expected to speak alongside Tunnel to Towers Foundation Chairman and CEO Frank Siller at a Sept. 8 ceremony at the White House Ellipse, the foundation said in a press release.
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The event will feature a 21-foot, 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the south tower of the World Trade Center after its collapse.
Officials from the Trump administration, the New York City Fire Department, and the Washington, D.C., fire department will also be in attendance, a White House official told the Washington Examiner.
“President Trump will pay tribute to the American heroes we lost in the tragic September 11th attacks, their beautiful family members, and to the acts of heroism that defined that fateful day when the unbreakable spirit of the American people prevailed,” White House assistant press secretary Olivia Wales said. “The President will stand with first responders to renew our sacred vow that we will never forget — and that the United States of America will always defend our proud, free nation with unyielding resolve.”
The stop is part of the Tunnel to Towers “Steel Across America” tour, which has carried the World Trade Center artifact more than 10,500 miles across the country in the months leading up to the anniversary. The tour launched in New York in May and includes more than 35 stops across 21 states and Washington.
The White House event falls three days before the anniversary, as on Sept. 11, Trump will attend a ceremony at the Pentagon, Vice President JD Vance will travel to New York City for the Ground Zero commemoration, and other administration officials will attend ceremonies in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, representing the three sites where hijacked planes crashed on 9/11.
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The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was established in honor of FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who was killed while responding to the attacks. Siller ran through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel carrying roughly 60 pounds of gear after learning the tunnel was closed to vehicles, making his way to the World Trade Center. His brother, Frank Siller, now leads the organization.
The Sept. 11 attacks killed 2,977 people, and even more have died from health-related illnesses in the decades since, according to federally established health programs.
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