Fact-check · Sep 11, 2026 · Donald Trump
“Islamist terrorists murdered nearly 3,000 of our fellow Americans that day twenty five years ago”
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What the record 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.
From: President Trump and the First Lady Participate in the 9/11 Observance Ceremony
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