Giuliani admits he was wrong about Clinton and 9-11

On many occasions, Clinton has described being in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11 when hijacked jets struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. She was a member of the Senate at the time, and Congress was in session.

The next day, commercial flights remained grounded but Clinton travelled to New York City aboard a government plane. There, she circled the smouldering World Trade Center in a helicopter, then toured ground zero with Giuliani and New York’s Republican governor, George Pataki.

Photos of that tour show Clinton standing shoulder to shoulder with Giuliani.

Asked about his comments, Giuliani said he thought he had heard Clinton say during the last presidential debate that she was in New York on 9-11. But after being contacted by a reporter, he reviewed a transcript and found out he was wrong.

Told that he was being criticized online by people posting photographs of him with Clinton at ground zero, Giuliani was contrite.

“I probably deserve it,” he said.

After returning to Washington, Clinton worked with other lawmakers to secure billions of dollars in federal aid for New York to assist in the city’s recovery.

In his speech in Ocala, Giuliani questioned Clinton’s commitment to people killed or injured in the attacks.

“Don’t tell me you subscribe to the notion that all of us who lived through Sept. 11th and were lucky to be alive and have lost so many friends,” he said. “I lost so many friends on Sept. 11th. I think about it every day. Don’t tell me you belong to our very, very tight group of Never Forget!”

David B. Caruso, The Associated Press

by Canadian Press

Giuliani admits he was wrong about Clinton and 9-11

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