# Badlands Media Special Coverage: 9/8/26 - Trump Honors 9/11 Heroes at Tunnel to Towers Ceremony

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Podcast: [Badlands Media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/badlands-media-5934327)
Published: 2026-09-08T19:10:50+00:00
Episode link: https://badlandsmedia.podbean.com/e/badlands-media-special-coverage-9826-trump-honors-911-heroes-at-tunnel-to-towers-ceremony/
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Duration seconds: 2120

## Resource

Twenty five years later, Trump stands on the Ellipse with a piece of World Trade Center steel behind him, and delivers what is easily one of the more personal, reflective speeches of his presidency. He recounts being there himself in the days after, being pulled to safety by firefighters as a nearby building creaked, and shares Howard Lutnick's gutting story of surviving 9/11 for one specific reason. There's a Coast Guard cutter dedication honoring a fallen rescue squad member, first responders and military members filling the crowd, and the emotional centerpiece: awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously, to a young man known only as "the man in the red bandana," whose family accepts on his behalf. Frank Siller and Tunnel to Towers anchor the ceremony with their own tribute to service and sacrifice. Less politics, more remembrance, this one leans heavily into the weight of the day itself.

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