# CNN fact-checks Trump’s claim that firefighters carried him away on 9/11

https://mins.news/en/video/51753

- CNN, 2026-09-09 17:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-03pMpkqDs

> Donald Trump has repeatedly told false or unverified stories about what he saw and did during and after 9/11. As the attack’s 25th anniversary nears, he claimed he was carried away by firefighters because a building was feared to be close to collapsing. CNN reporter Daniel Dale examined the latest account.

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