The White House led a 9/11 tribute featuring first responders, military members and Gold Star families. President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to an equities trader and volunteer firefighter who died rescuing people trapped in the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
WHO:
President Donald Trump
WHAT:
Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to an equities trader and volunteer firefighter for dying while rescuing people trapped in the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
WHEN:
Sep 11, 2001
WHERE:
World Trade Center
WHY:
The award honored deaths of the recipients during rescue efforts for people trapped in the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
