Fact check: President Trump and the First Lady Participate in the 9/11 Observance Ceremony
Donald Trump · September 11, 2026 · 75 min
Every claim, in order
- TRUEat 59:15
“184 lives taken here at the Pentagon and aboard American Airlines flight 77”
What the data shows: 184 people died in the Pentagon and on American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001, per the 9/11 Commission Report and NIST documentation.
- TRUEat 59:15
“40 heroes aboard United Airlines flight 93”
What the data shows: 40 passengers and crew died on United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, per the 9/11 Commission Report.
- TRUEat 66:56
“184 souls. Who were lost”
What the data shows: 184 people died in the Pentagon attack on September 11, 2001, per the 9/11 Commission Report and Department of Defense records.
- FALSEat 76:54
“Islamic terrorists murdered a 184 Americans right here at the Pentagon”
What the data shows: 189 people died in the Pentagon attack on September 11, 2001, including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77 and 125 in the building. Source: 9/11 Commission Report; NIST; National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
- TRUEat 77:40· said in 4 broadcasts
“Islamist terrorists murdered nearly 3,000 of our fellow Americans that day twenty five years ago”
What the data shows: 2,977 people died in the September 11, 2001 attacks (2,606 in New York, 189 at Pentagon, 125 at Pentagon, 33 on Flight 11, 65 on Flight 175, 64 on Flight 77, 44 on Flight 93), per 9/11 Commission Report.
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