"Rudy doesn't know anything about fighting terrorism; as far as we are concerned he has terrible judgment," Riches says. "He couldn't even protect his own fire fighters, forcing us to use radios that didn't work, placing the emergency command center in a known terrorist target that collapsed on 9/11 and then disrespecting fire fighters and families when he cut short the recovery effort and began scooping and dumping bodies in a trash dump."
"I was in FDNY for more than 40 years, and was the Chief of Safety, so I know that Giuliani did nothing for fire fighters," says Al Santora, a retired Deputy Chief who also lost his fire fighter son, Christopher Santora, on 9/11. "His actions at the time and leading up to the attack, and during the day itself, showed a tremendous lack of judgment and failure of leadership.
"Rudy talks a big game about 9/11, but the fact is he was on the street that day, not in a controlled place making command decisions, because he had placed his emergency command center at 7 World Trade Center - the number-one terrorist target in the world, which collapsed on 9/11," Santora adds. "That video that everyone has in their heads of Giuliani on the streets is him running away from the scene because he had nowhere to go because of his bad decisions."
"Rudy continues to lie about his role on 9/11, but we're not going to let him get away with it," Riches says. "The IAFF and our Fire Brigade are going to be the conscience of 9/11, haunting Giuliani's footsteps in this campaign. We will not forget his failures, and we want the American people to remember as well."
Damn. Sucks to be you, Rudy.
