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On 18 April 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Buffalo, New York, and during his speech, Trump puzzled listeners by seemingly referring to the terrorist attacks against the U.S. that occurred on 11 September 2001 as 7/11 instead of 9/11: While video of the event was widely circulated via social media and was published by several major media outlets such as CNN, some viewers were still skeptical about the footage, perplexed that someone who frequently invoked the 9/11 terrorist attacks during his campaign speeches could apparently mix up the date.https://youtu.be/aj_IsiMA4G4While Twitter users, comedians, and political foes poked fun of Trump, some partisans maintained that the candidate didn't misspeak; he was referring to the Greenville Fire District station located at 711 Central Park in Scarsdale, New York. However, that station has never been referred to as 7/11, as the Greenville Fire District indicated in a message posted on the station's web site: Others maintained that Trump was referring to Firestation #711 or Firemen's Legion #711 (Engine 7, Ladder 1, Battalion 1), some of the first responders to the 9/11 attacks. However, a spokesman for the FDNY said that this station would never be referred to as 711, noting that fire stations are occasionally referred to by their engine and ladder, but never by their battalion: Also, as far as we know neither Trump nor his campaign has offered this alternative as an explanation, with Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson saying the candidate's remark was a slip of the tongue:
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