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Trump Honors 9/11 Victims With Steel Beam Tribute

9/9/2026

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President Donald Trump honored 9/11 victims with a 21-foot steel beam at the Ellipse.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation arranged the 17,000-pound South Tower beam display.
Trump announced a Coast Guard cutter will be commissioned in New York to honor Jeffrey Palazzo.
Trump presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Crowther, accepted by his mother Alison and sister Paige.

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President Donald Trump honored 9/11 victims with a 21-foot steel beam at the Ellipse.
The Tunnel to Towers Foundation arranged the 17,000-pound South Tower beam display.
Trump announced a Coast Guard cutter will be commissioned in New York to honor Jeffrey Palazzo.
Trump presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Crowther, accepted by his mother Alison and sister Paige.