<p class="wp-block-paragraph">President Donald Trump will join first responders and the Tunnel to Towers Foundation at the White House on September 8, 2026, as the group brings a piece of World Trade Center steel to Washington, D.C., ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Trump is expected to speak alongside Tunnel to Towers Foundation Chairman and CEO Frank Siller at a ceremony at the White House Ellipse, according to a press release from the foundation.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The event will feature a 21-foot, 16,900-pound steel beam recovered from the south tower of the World Trade Center after its collapse.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Officials from the Trump administration, the New York City Fire Department, and the Washington, D.C., fire department will also be in attendance, a White House official told the Washington Examiner.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“President Trump will pay tribute to the American heroes we lost in the tragic September 11th attacks, their family members, and to the acts of heroism that defined that day when the spirit of the American people prevailed,” White House assistant press secretary Olivia Wales said. “The President will stand with first responders to renew our vow that we will never forget — and that the United States will always defend our nation with resolve.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The event is part of the Tunnel to Towers “Steel Across America” tour, which has carried the World Trade Center artifact more than 10,500 miles across the country leading up to the anniversary. The tour launched in New York in May and includes over 35 stops across 21 states and Washington.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The White House event occurs three days before the anniversary. On September 11, Trump will attend a ceremony at the Pentagon, Vice President JD Vance will travel to New York City for the Ground Zero commemoration, and other administration officials will attend ceremonies in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, representing the three sites where hijacked planes crashed on 9/11.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was established in honor of FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who was killed while responding to the attacks. Siller ran through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel carrying approximately 60 pounds of gear after learning the tunnel was closed to vehicles, making his way to the World Trade Center. His brother, Frank Siller, now leads the organization.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The September 11 attacks killed 2,977 people, and many more have died from health-related illnesses in the decades since, according to federally established health programs.</p>