WATCH: Flashback: Trump Visits Ground Zero On Day After 9/11 (VIDEO)
The aftermath of 9/11 in New York City, Trump questioned if he had any interest down where ground zero is.
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Trump stated, “I have a lot of property down there, but it was unfortunately affected by what happened to the World Trade Center. Well, I just went to what they call ground zero. I’ve never seen anything like it. The devastation, the human life that’s been just wasted for no reason whatsoever. It is a terrible scene. It’s a terrible sight. But New York is a very strong and resilient and they’ll rebuild quickly.”
The reporter also asked, “Mr. Trump, what should be the response to this attack? How should the U.S. respond to such a devastation?”
Trump responded, “Well, I think they have to respond quickly and effectively. They have to find out exactly what the cause was, who did it, and they have to go after these people because there is no other choice. And then secondarily and much less importantly, we have to rebuild in some form that will be just as majestic as the World Trade Center.”
In the days after 9/11, Trump visits Ground Zero and was asked how he could give immediate help.
Trump stated, “We’ll have a lot of men down here right now. We have over 100 and we have about 125 coming. So we’ll have a couple of hundred people down here. And they’re very brave. And what they’re doing is amazing. And we will be involved in some form in helping to reconstruct.”
Trump also responded the estimated cost to rebuilding and how much money has been lost saying, “I would say 15 to 20 billion dollars. You’re talking billions and billions of dollars and it’s irreparable, irreparable. But I really feel that the location is such and the importance of the monument to such that we have to rebuild. And again, not necessarily in the form of the two towers, but something has to be done that’s very big and very majestic.”
In another interview Trump said, “[Builders] are working very, very hard. But it’s a very depressing situation for these folks. It’s like a whole different skyline. It’s like a whole different city and world. I cannot believe the sight of lower Manhattan without the World Trade Center. And therefore, we have to rebuild, not necessarily in that form, but we have to rebuild at least as good and maybe better.”
The reporter asked, “Just finally, can you tell me emotionally as you walked around? We have we’ve heard some of the stories from the firemen. They’re so exhausted and mentally and physically. What was it like for you personally to go in and see all of what you saw?”
Trump answered, “Well, it was amazing to see it. It was a very depressing scene. But I’ll tell you what, you really can take heart. These firemen and policemen and the construction workers, equally, the courage they have is unbelievable. They’re working digging out and lifting up steel. And above them you have 55-story buildings that are very possibly going to be pouring down on them any minute. And they’re working like nothing’s wrong. I mean, it’s they’re amazing. They’ve never done work like this before. And they’re hard working people, but they’ve never seen anything like it. And they’ve never done work like this before. It’s terrible. Well, not only is it devastation, but it’s very dangerous because every few minutes a whistle would go off and everybody would just run because you have all the buildings around it, which are in such a weakened state that people just don’t know. And so they just have to take off. And then they come back and they’re working under 50-story buildings that you don’t know ever going to if they’re going to fall down. So it’s a terrible thing for the workers and it’s a terrible thing for the world, really.”
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