Donald Trump claims he was pulled from Ground Zero after 9/11 attack. But was he?
President Donald Trump has faced scrutiny for repeating unverified claims about his actions during the 9/11 terror attacks. Fact-checkers note that there is no evidence to support his assertion that he was whisked away by firefighters from a building near Ground Zero.
Why it matters
The story highlights ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and the media regarding the accuracy of the President's public statements.
President Donald Trump has for years told false or unproven stories about what he supposedly saw and did on 9/11 and soon after. As the 25th anniversary of the terror attack approaches, Trump told another story at the White House on Tuesday - in which he claimed to have been carried away by firefighters amid fears of an imminent building collapse at some point after the attack.
It's possible there are elements of truth in Trump's latest story, versions of which he has told before, but he hasn't provided any evidence for it. And some parts of his Tuesday account - which he delivered at an event honoring 9/11 first responders - are misleading at best. He was miles away from the World Trade Center on 9/11 and was not whisked out of any building near Ground Zero that day.
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