When it was convenient, Giuliani, like other politicians, used the sympathy for the fallen heroes for his own political benefit. "Rudy has used the horrible events of September 11 to create a persona that is an elaborate fabrication," says IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger. "He is nothing more than a shameless self-promoter." But when the International Association of Firefighters challenged Giuliani's reputation as a competent leader on 9/11, the media and the Giuliani campaign were quick to spin the attacks as partisan. The Giuliani campaign immediately tried to minimize the fallout from the IAFF video just released by stating that the IAFF supports democratic candidates. But the firefighters and families raise three crucial issues that challenge Giuliani's Urban Legend (Video link). Giuliani placed New York City's emergency response bunker, the Office of Emergency Management, in WTC 7, across the street from the World Trade Center towers that were attacked in 1993, against public protest. They evacuated their command center early on 9/11, before the building collapsed. Giuliani was responsible for the decision to scoop and dump the remains of the fallen in the Fresh Kills Landfill, preventing their dignified recovery, burial and closure for their families. Giuliani and his administration illegally purchased Motorola radios for the FDNY, for an undisclosed sum. The new radios did not function properly and were taken out of service after less than a week. Thus, on 9/11, the NYFD was using 20+ year old radios when they went into the towers.
I hope you all get a chance to watch the 9/11 responders on "The View" on ABC @11.00AM this Wednesday the 25th. One of those responders will be Vito Valenti, a 9/11 volunteer, sick with fibrosis of the lungs and needs a double lung transplant. Vito also sits on the board of directors at the FealGood Foundation. I can only hope Rosie and the others do the right thing for these three heroes that day. Please support these brave souls, Bonnie Giebfried, Alex Sanchez and Vito, and the FealGood foundation.
Thank you and God bless you all.
John Feal
"Lets make America great again, together"
April 5, 2007
by Zen Garcia
Rudy Giuliani's rise to prominent national and world attention was elevated by his role as Mayor of New York City during a time of heightened challenge that culminated in the...
Two articles from Firefightingnews.com pertaining to Giuliani's bid for the presidency... and some his "9/11 problems." Those who were involved, in one way or another, and who were directly affected by his decisions before, on and after 9/11, have a story to tell that's different from mainstream media's promotion of him as a 9/11 hero.
It was October 6, 2004, three years after Ernie Vallebuona's three-month stint as a rescue and recovery worker at ground zero in the wake of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, and he was hunched over...
Evidence for felonious government negligence continues to accumulate as more 9/11 first responders and rescue heroes fall. The closing words of stricken grandmother Tarnisa Moore say it all, "We were dying and the government was talking about not scaring people," said Moore, who suffers from asthma, lung disease and other ailments. "It was a coverup."
