Days before the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Rudy Giuliani, who was New York City mayor at the time, spoke regarding the tragedy, describing his feelings as “complex”.
“I guess the best way to describe it is that it was the worst day of my life and in a way, you know, the best day of my life for my city, for my country, for my family,” Giuliani told Newsmax.
“It was the worst foreign attack on this country since the War of 1812,” he continued.
“It was a total surprise. It was an attack on completely innocent people and I witnessed it firsthand.”
Mr Giuliani remembers seeing a man jump 101 stories from one of the twin towers.
“I was transfixed by that,” he said. “All the things that go through your head – why is he doing this? How did he make this choice? Oh, my God, can I stop it? Can I catch it? And then all of a sudden he hit the ground and I looked at what happened to his body, which I won’t describe.”
