CBS's Tony Dokupil: to Chuck Schumer "I was in Washington, D.C., on 9/11, & I remember the aftermath of that terrible day was one where we came together as a country. In the aftermath of this terrible day, we have, if anything, drifted further apart. How do you change that?" pic.twitter.com/yoynwlYcyP
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 6, 2022
Understandably, those who were first responders on 9/11 or had family members as first responders called out the exaggerations:
As someone who was standing inside the North Tower in a hole from a truck bomb on February 26, 1993, and at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001, delete your account as you haven’t a clue about real vs imagined terrorist acts. Do better & ease off the political kool Aid. https://t.co/gy7buSivWM
— Rob O'Donnell (@odonnell_r) January 6, 2022