Editing Rudy Giuliani (section)

==== Public reaction ====
Giuliani gained international attention after the attacks and was widely hailed for his leadership role.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4221390 |title=Rudolph Giuliani – America's Mayor: Review of ''The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life'' By Fred Siegel |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=July 28, 2005 |access-date=November 15, 2006 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011213920/http://economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4221390 |url-status=live }} [subscription site]</ref> Polls taken just six weeks after the attack showed a 79 percent approval rating among New York City voters. This was a dramatic increase over the 36 percent rating he had received a year earlier, which was an average at the end of a two-term mayorship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1302.xml?ReleaseID=547 |title=Quinnipiac University Poll |publisher=[[Quinnipiac University]] |date=October 24, 2001 |access-date=March 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903214211/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1302.xml?ReleaseID=547 |archive-date=September 3, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1318.xml?ReleaseID=603 |title=Quinnipiac University Poll |publisher=Quinnipiac University |date=March 2, 2000 |access-date=November 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113212734/http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1318.xml?ReleaseID=603 |archive-date=January 13, 2008}}</ref> [[Oprah Winfrey]] called him "America's Mayor" at a 9/11 memorial service held at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] on September 23, 2001.<ref name="CNN-2001"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interfaithalliance.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=8dJIIWMCE&b=172143&ct=147383 |title=City Mourns at Stadium Prayer Service |access-date=November 15, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109013723/http://www.interfaithalliance.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=8dJIIWMCE&b=172143&ct=147383 |archive-date=November 9, 2006 |website=interfaithalliance.org }}</ref>

Giuliani was praised by some for his close involvement with the rescue and recovery efforts, but others argue that "Giuliani has exaggerated the role he played after the terrorist attacks, casting himself as a hero for political gain."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/us/politics/17firefighters.html |title=Among Firefighters in New York, Mixed Views on Giuliani |last1=Wilson |first1=Michael |last2=Hammer |first2=Kate |last3=Lee |first3=Trymaine |last4=Sweeney |first4=Matthew |date=June 17, 2007 |at=Politics (sec.) |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 1, 2007 |archive-date=May 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508130904/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/us/politics/17firefighters.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Giuliani has collected $11.4{{spaces}}million from speaking fees in a single year (with increased demand after the attacks).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://cbs2chicago.com/national/topstories_story_138032337.html |work=[[WBBM-TV]] |title=Many Wonder, Did Giuliani Profit From 9/11? |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011192033/http://cbs2chicago.com/national/topstories_story_138032337.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref> Before September{{spaces}}11, Giuliani's assets were estimated to be somewhat less than $2{{spaces}}million, but his net worth could now be as high as 30 times that amount.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/politics/17candidates.html |title=Wealth Is a Common Factor Among GOP Hopefuls |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 17, 2007 |first=David D. |last=Kirkpatrick |access-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-date=December 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216225958/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/politics/17candidates.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He has made most of his money since leaving office.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=John |last2=Mosk |first2=Matthew |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201270.html |title=In Private Sector, Giuliani Parlayed Fame Into Wealth |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 13, 2007 |access-date=August 3, 2015 |archive-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904014216/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201270.html |url-status=live }}</ref>