Giuliani Reveals 9/11 Message to Mamdani as 2,753 Victims Framed Truce
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Updated · The Independent · Sep 12
Giuliani Reveals 9/11 Message to Mamdani as 2,753 Victims Framed Truce
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Sep 12
Summary
Rudy Giuliani said he told Mayor Zohran Mamdani, “I pray for you,” during their handshake at Friday’s 25th-anniversary 9/11 ceremony in Manhattan, adding that Mamdani replied, “thank you.”
Giuliani said both men avoided escalating the encounter because a public clash would have overshadowed the memorial for the 2,753 people killed at the World Trade Center.
Less than a week earlier, Giuliani had urged Mamdani not to attend and accused New York’s first Muslim mayor of wanting his religion “to dominate us,” while other Republicans also pressed him to skip the event.
Mamdani had said he would attend as previous mayors did, calling the 2001 attacks “horrific” and pledging to honor families, survivors and first responders at the ceremony.