At a 9/11 tribute event, President Trump repeated and expanded his disputed account of helping at Ground Zero, claiming firefighters lifted him over debris. He has long said he brought a construction crew to the site, though a former fire official has questioned this. Trump also recalled the creaking of a nearby building and being carried by two firefighters, a story with no supporting evidence.

The event honored victims including Welles Crowther, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.