Editing Rudy Giuliani (section)

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Giuliani received nationwide attention in the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks]]. He made frequent appearances on radio and television on September{{spaces}}11 and afterwards{{snd}}for example, to indicate that tunnels would be closed as a precautionary measure, and that there was no reason to believe the dispersion of [[chemical weapon|chemical]] or [[biological weapon]]ry into the air was a factor in the attack. In his public statements, Giuliani said:
{{blockquote|Tomorrow New York is going to be here. And we're going to rebuild, and we're going to be stronger than we were before{{spaces}}... I want the people of New York to be an example to the rest of the country, and the rest of the world, that terrorism can't stop us.<ref name="Pooley-2001" />}}

The 9/11 attacks occurred on the scheduled date of the mayoral primary to select the Democratic and Republican candidates to succeed Giuliani. The primary was immediately delayed two weeks to September 25. During this period, Giuliani sought an unprecedented three-month emergency extension of his term from January{{spaces}}1 to April{{spaces}}1 under the [[New York State Constitution]] (Article{{spaces}}3, Section 25).<ref>{{cite web |title=Article III, Section 25: Continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CNS/A3S25 |work=[[Constitution of New York]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525205236/https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CNS/A3S25 |via=nysenate.gov |url-status=live |access-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-date=May 25, 2023 }}</ref> In October 2000, he had considered supporting city council efforts to remove their own term limits, though was not in favor of ending consecutive mayoral term limits.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/13/nyregion/giuliani-says-he-would-consider-abolishing-term-limits-for-city-council.html |title=Giuliani Says He Would Consider Abolishing Term Limits for City Council |date=October 13, 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Thomas J. |last=Lueck |access-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-date=September 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911081244/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/13/nyregion/giuliani-says-he-would-consider-abolishing-term-limits-for-city-council.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the end, leaders in the [[New York State Assembly|State Assembly]] and [[New York Senate|Senate]] indicated that they did not believe the extension was necessary. The election proceeded as scheduled, and the winning candidate, the Giuliani-endorsed Republican convert [[Michael Bloomberg]], took office on January 1, 2002, per normal custom.

Giuliani said he had been at the [[Ground Zero#World Trade Center|Ground Zero]] site "as often, if not more, than most workers{{spaces}}... I was there working with them. I was exposed to exactly the same things they were exposed to. So in that sense, I'm one of them." Some 9/11 workers have objected to those claims.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2007/08/10/911-workers-outraged-by-new-rudy-claim/ |title=9/11 workers outraged by new Rudy claim |last=Katz |first=Celeste |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=August 10, 2007 |access-date=October 5, 2007 |archive-date=October 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028135844/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/08/10/2007-08-10_911_workers_outraged_by_new_rudy_claim.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22227731-663,00.html |title=Giuliani in firing line |last=Quaid |first=Libby |newspaper=Sunday Herald Sun (Australia) |date=August 12, 2007 |access-date=October 5, 2007 |archive-date=November 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105092705/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22227731-663,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Giuliani's 'I'm one of them' remark angers 9-11 workers |first=Dan |last=Sewell |work=[[The Cincinnati Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 10, 2007 |page=A1 |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11B01CFAB5D41EF0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420 |access-date=April 19, 2008 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110080330/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004 |url-status=live }}<!-- http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/NEWS01/708100372/1014/NEWS02 --></ref> While his appointment logs were unavailable for the six days immediately following the attacks, Giuliani logged 29 hours at the site over three months beginning September 17. This contrasted with recovery workers at the site who spent this much time at the site in two to three days.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/us/politics/17giuliani.html |last=Buettner |first=Russ |title=For Giuliani, Ground Zero as Linchpin and Thorn |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 17, 2007 |access-date=October 5, 2007 |archive-date=January 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116170955/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/us/politics/17giuliani.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Rudy Giuliani at a NYFPC briefing.jpg|thumb|right|Giuliani at a NYFPC briefing after 9/11]]

When Saudi Prince [[Alwaleed bin Talal]] suggested the attacks were an indication that the United States "should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stand toward the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] cause," Giuliani asserted, "There is no moral equivalent for this act. There is no justification for it{{spaces}}... And one of the reasons I think this happened is because people were engaged in moral equivalency in not understanding the difference between liberal democracies like the United States, like Israel, and terrorist states and those who condone terrorism. So I think not only are those statements wrong, they're part of the problem." Giuliani subsequently rejected the prince's $10{{spaces}}million donation to disaster relief in the aftermath of the attack.<ref name="CNN-2001">{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/10/11/rec.giuliani.prince/ |title=Giuliani rejects $10 million from Saudi prince |work=CNN |date=October 12, 2001 |access-date=October 5, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209092439/https://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/10/11/rec.giuliani.prince/ |archive-date=December 9, 2007 }}</ref>