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Giuliani Bungled Preparation in Years After
1993 Attack on Trade Center.
Critical failures by former New York Mayor
Rudy Giuliani before, during and after the
terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, raise
serious questions about his ability to be
commander-in-chief.
In this thirteen minute documentary, fire
fighters, fire officers and family members
give dramatic testimony about Giuliani's
leadership failures. Their dramatic stories
tell how Giuliani failed to provide the FDNY
with radios that worked, which led to the
deaths of 121 fire fighters inside the World
Trade Center's North Tower because they were
unable to hear orders to evacuate.
Fire fighters also point to Giuliani's poor
judgment in placing his emergency command
center at 7 World Trade Center, a known
terrorist target after the 1993 bombing.
This video documents the mayor's lack of
respect for the fallen when he called off the
recovery effort at Ground Zero on Nov. 1,
2001, after $200 million in gold bullion was
recovered.
"We produced this documentary because we need
to make sure our members know Giuliani's real
record," said IAFF General President Harold
Schaitberger.
"The UFA participated in this video to
correct the myth that Rudy Giuliani has
perpetrated on the American public," said
Steve Cassidy, president of the Uniformed
Firefighters Association of Greater New York,
IAFF Local 94.
The Giuliani campaign defended the former
mayor's record by issuing a release that
lists items he purchased for FDNY.
"But the campaign, with its response, has
neglected to address the charges of failed
leadership outlined in our documentary,"
President Schaitberger said.
"Purchasing equipment for a fire department
doesn't qualify any mayor to be president,"
said Jack McDonnell, president of New York
City Local 854, the Uniformed Fire Officers
Association.
"If that's the litmus test for president of
the United States, then most mayors in this
country qualify for the job. Giuliani is
running on his 9/11 record, and his 9/11
record is laced with failures in preparedness
and response," McDonnell said.
The IAFF has not made an endorsement in the
2008 presidential election. Local 94
supported President George W. Bush in the
2004 election, while the IAFF
and Local 854 endorsed Sen. John Kerry.
The International Association of Fire
Fighters, headquartered in Washington, DC,
represents more than 280,000 full-time
professional fire fighters and paramedics in
every state in the United States and in
Canada. More information is available at
www.iaff.org and at www.rudy-urbanlegend.com.
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