Former President Donald Trump promised at a rally in Uniondale, New York on Wednesday to designate the site of the World Trade Center Ground Zero as a national monument.

Trump at the rally Dealt with He then expressed his gratitude to the workers of Local 94. group On behalf of the more than 5,000 men and women who maintain the HVAC and mechanical systems in New York City’s buildings, he announced his intention to have the Ground Zero site designated as a memorial, and he detailed the importance of this effort to all of the city’s emergency responders.

“I think this is a big deal, because in your honor, as president, I am officially announcing tonight that the site of Ground Zero of the World Trade Center will be designated a national monument to be protected and maintained by the United States government,” Trump said. “So that hallowed place and the memory of those who died there will be preserved forever. And you deserve that.”

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Trump He also praised the exemplary work of the founders of the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum.

“The people of New York who created the 9/11 National Memorial and Museum did a truly incredible job, and many of them are here with us today. I want to thank them and make sure that their incredible work lives on,” he continued. “And that's what we've done with this effort.” (RELATED: Fact Check: Video in Thread Falsely Claims Donald Trump Thought He Was in North Carolina During Pennsylvania Rally)

The 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania are reported to have killed 2,977 people, and the death toll from illnesses related to exposure near ground zero continues to rise. According to to the 9/11 Memorial. As of December 2023, 6,781 registered volunteers who helped clear the wreckage have died from illnesses or cancers linked to exposure at or near Ground Zero after 9/11, more than double the death toll from the attacks themselves, according to the BBC. Reported.

As of September 2024, the FDNY reported that more than 360 firefighters, paramedics, and fire department members had died from illnesses related to the World Trade Center, more than the 343 deaths the department suffered on the day of the attacks. According to To the FDNY.

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