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Giuliani: Dick Grasso Was a Hero

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    Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the rescue efforts on September 11, 2001.

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-- -- -- -- four -- our city.

Rudolph Giuliani about the events of September 11 eleven years ago.

Today the seal team six -- it was on sixty minutes.

So this seals of Asia saying don't run -- your doubts.

About what you gonna do when you included.

Well you know.

I wish everything I wish really operating -- -- playbook are playbook OS that if there was an emergency that may went to the scene.

To assess.

If everybody had what they needed if everybody was doing what they were supposed to be doing and also to have sufficient as a -- to alert the rest of the city.

As to you know what to do -- to get out of there had to go around it had to deal with its so I was following our emergency.

Management procedures which we.

I'd -- up a new office of emergency management which drilled and exercised all the time.

I didn't know it was a terrorist attack but I -- -- the same thing I mean iPad.

I can't really assess an emergency well unless -- get to see it.

And also by going there and talking -- chief can't -- towards the police commissioner I got a sensible -- what -- wanted to do.

The fire the problem wanted to focus on the fire the police department.

Wanted to help some but -- -- most of their resources -- Protecting the rest of the city.

That we -- know we thought there were going to be numerous secondary attack.

And now we have a whole list of places we -- terrorists would attack in the police department.

Had a kind of look outward to the rest of the city and the -- apartment -- -- to try to save as many lives as possible.

-- how long after.

The planes flew into the world trade senator -- to one plan to lieutenant on another crash in Pennsylvania.

Well it must've been.

It seems to me like it must have been 1015 minutes I don't get to you for sure it's the way I felt bad about it what.

I went to police department command post.

Tried to get President Bush on the phone god is.

Got his deputy.

Political director on the phone.

-- -- -- -- -- -- And so they've got they did everything you wouldn't you know threats to -- the other good to know the students that would cause the press is that -- and I got him on the soccer ascetic and Christian -- yes Chris cutter rumor that the Pentagon would sit.

I think Chris has -- pentagon but it -- -- affirmative.

And that he said they're about seven to ten -- still unaccounted for.

So that clearly put into my head that there -- maybe some more planes and headed for us so we better prepared to try to anticipate where the -- those were going to be.

It is accord until they are and I'm Smart program we're talking with the former -- New York City.

Hello my friend Dick Grasso.

Now selling them patronize -- them.

Actually not gonna run insurance and but to a -- -- a -- remarkable job you guys -- to do.

Well -- architecture I think it got -- hero did you tell you what Dick did.

-- -- four years before September 11 I said that to him so this I have a different psychics say this -- to drive me crazy with security for.

For this stock exchange.

I mean we put we put a police department.

So command post sounding out my at a police stations down there with a bunch of cops are -- -- over a period atomic seal those to whole area around.

Around the stock exchange because of threats of Islamic terrorist attacks.

It is true they with a number one target even more than the World Trade Center in terms of the material we ceased.

From Islamic terrorists will we -- plans for the stock exchange.

He spent all kinds of money -- security is budgeting increased its budget to millions of millions -- nobody in this city was spreading any money on security.

So what he got that -- opened in a couple of days that would imply a look Belichick process plant for 34 years.

I always say all the business leaders in New York.

He anticipated this -- better than anyone.

Remember.

That's I am.

Was in Queens at a time.

An island of Manhattan and -- finally got back to Manhattan.

Not to manages about may delay and it's not.

Until there -- Woman in our apartment building.

And the lobbyists just.

Screaming -- just like -- of the worst kind of horror movie -- and her husband.

And until the high number -- you know you're given money to it on the question of justice cancer this year we took.

Ten -- from a group called Tuesday's children.

I don't well -- drives.

Work was an appropriate remark -- automatic very very good organization.

And eight of those killed -- -- managers lost their doubted on 9/11.

And they I can't.

There's no way to describe -- -- precious children.

Of America are actually most.

But I about the -- -- finally they are affected by this and they you know as soon they were pretty young at the time because.

That is -- between eleven and seventeen are coming Branson most of the more -- 111213.

You know but.

Donald an impact it's just how dramatically changes in lives in a dynamic of their family and Monica.

There's no possible way to describe it -- the that this could do this -- while I was watching it when I had a chance to sink.

I think what I went back to the area for the second time and I Sorrell the burning and and at that point so people have been taken out in.

I can take a look at what do for the book we do for the before we do for -- -- trying to save the at the same reaction to reduce that this money.

But as -- -- doesn't -- us and caring and edit and hugging them and look you know you'll beat if for the -- likely due to these people was.

Make up for the loss that this person would something practical that they would have to worry about the education of their children it would have to worry but the practical -- -- Sometimes get Ellicott doesn't have enough of the that story about.

And I have to say the generosity of the American people and the Twin Towers fund.

But I started with the 101000 dollar donation from Jeff Immelt the ten million dollars sorry for ten billion dollars donation.

From Jeff Immelt little which almost took my breath away some G erased -- seventeen.

A million.

At every penny given out to them and that was probably a quarter.

Of all of the other funds.

Now we have to -- children.

We have camps for children like this but with all that.

All you're doing is helping in making up for.

Amnesty -- -- to one of those kuril.

And the worst part of those -- committee when I would stand up to give the eulogy.

I'd I'd -- -- -- down anorexia you know five year old boy and secure girl.

I think how do you make up for the losses that -- -- -- what it would just no way to do it deceased animals took.

It did he didn't childhood of these kids away.

Always an honor to have you on this program until shouldn't thank you Don -- -- -- I've ever brought to walk the I would enjoy it wanted to hear -- Giuliani and winds and dumped Lebanon's consul.

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