FIRST ON FOX: Trump’s 9/11 tribute to feature massive piece of Ground Zero history at White House
FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will host 9/11 first responders and officials at the White House on Sept. 8, where a 21-foot steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s South Tower will be displayed, Fox News Digital learned.
"President Trump will pay tribute to the American heroes we lost in the tragic Sept. 11 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 spokesperson Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation will bring its "Steel Across America" tour to the White House on Sept. 8, where the 21-foot, 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s South Tower will be displayed on the White House Ellipse.
"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," said Wales.
Trump and Tunnel to Towers Foundation Chairman and CEO Frank Siller are expected to speak.
The president will also attend a ceremony at the Pentagon while Vice President JD Vance will travel to New York City’s World Trade Center site, and other administration officials will represent the White House in Shanksville, Pennsylvania — marking all three locations targeted or affected by the attacks.
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Last year, Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended a 9/11 commemoration at the Pentagon and issued a Patriot Day proclamation calling for flags to be flown at half-staff.
He later attended a Yankees-Tigers game featuring tributes to the victims in the Bronx, New York City.
The steel beam has served as a traveling memorial to the victims and first responders of 9/11, offering pop-up events across 21 states leading up to the anniversary of the tragic day.
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"Never forgetting the sacrifice and bravery of our nation’s heroes, as well as our lost loved ones, is a generational promise that every American can help keep," Tunnel to Towers Foundation Chairman and CEO Frank Siller previously told Fox News Digital.
Siller founded the organization in honor of his brother, FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who died responding to the attacks.
Tunnel to Towers has provided mortgage-free homes to families of fallen service members and first responders while also working to combat veteran homelessness.
The foundation is honoring the 343 FDNY firefighters who died on 9/11 by delivering 343 mortgage-free homes this year.