"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."

Ground Zero, November 2001: Fire fighters, officers and families rally against Giuliani's decision in to stop a dignified recovery of the victims of 9/11.
Photo by Stuart Ramson/Associated Press.

 IAFF Letter Regarding Rudy Giuliani

"What Giuliani showed following 9/11 is a disgraceful lack of respect for the fallen and those brothers still searching for them. He valued the money and gold and wanted the [World Trade Center] site cleared before he left office at the end of 2001 more than he valued the lives and memories of those lost." 

-- IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger

Media Coverage of IAFF Letter on Rudy Giuliani

Firemen douse Rudy’s image as 9/11 hero (The Sunday Times)
Rudy A No-Show At Firefighters Conference (CBS News)
Firemen desert Giuliani over 9/11 search (The Telegraph News)
Firefighters Group in Rift With Giuliani (New York Times)
How to Swift-boat Rudy Giuliani (Salon.com)
Forum Flap Highlights Firefighters Union Rift With Giuliani (Congressional Quarterly)
Firefighters’ unsent letter blasts Rudy (The Hill Newspaper)
 

Rudy Giuliani in the Media

Presidential Campaign News

• Giuliani: Bad radios on 9/11 not my fault (Palm Beach Post)
• Giuliani's lead in New York diminishes (Newsday)
• NYC Firefighter's Protests Continue in Orlando (WOFL FOX 35 Orlando)
• 9/11 Families, Firefighters Protest Giuliani's Orlando Appearance (WFTV Orlando)
• Union takes aim at Giuliani's run (Washington Times)
• Why Rudy Giuliani's Survival Depends on Winning the Florida Primary (U.S. News & World Report)
• Firefighter Visits Jax to Speak Out Against Giuliani (ABC News)
• Firefight Brewing Over Firefighter's Vote (FOX 30-Jacksonville)
• Giuliani camp responds to Fire Fighters Group criticisms (Orlando Sentinel)
   

Debunking Rudy's 9/11 Persona

• Giuliani ducks 9/11 radio-failure issue (Miami Herald)
• Fire union assails Giuliani (Miami Herald)
• Dodd's Firefighters Take On Giuliani (The Washington Note)
• Rudy Runs Away From Fire Fighters in Iowa (The Iowa Project)
• Lunch at the Drake Diner with Rudi
• Giuliani faces 9/11 backlash (Los Angeles Times)
• Firefighters group attacks Giuliani (Concord Monitor)
• 9/11 group: Giuliani's no leader (Miami Herald)
  Firefighters Angry at Giuliani 9/11 Fundraiser (KRON 4)
• Outrage Over Local Giuliani Fundraiser (ABC News 7)
• Giuliani Stuck on Sept. 11 (Washington Post)
• Giuliani Party Draws Criticism From Dodd (Associated Press)
• Giuliani, Six Years Later (ABC News)
• GAIL COLLINS: Giuliani’s Ground Zero Legacy (New York Times)
• 'America's mayor' now running for president (NBC Nightly News)
• Firefighters challenge Giuliani image
• NYC Firefighters: Giuliani Was No Hero on 9/11 (Workers Independent News Service)
• Giuliani documentary being released
• Rudy 9/11 plans ripped (New York Daily News)
  Some 9/11 groups want Giuliani silent at ceremony (Washington Post)
• The Perils of Rudy's 9/11 Strategy (The Observer)
• After 9/11, Rudy wasn't a rescue worker -- he was a Yankee (Salon.com)
• The Beginning of The Self-Destruction of the Ghouliani Presidential Campaign (The Huffington Post)
• State Dems Go After Guiliani
• Giuliani: I Misspoke About Ground Zero (Associated Press)
• Giuliani in firing line (Herald Sun)
• 9/11 workers outraged by new Rudy claim (New York Daily News)

• Quote Of The Day (TPM Cafe)

• Giuliani: I’m a 9/11 Worker (Political Blog from The New York Times)

• Rudy Giuliani's Five Big Lies About 9/11 (The Village Voice)

• Should GOP candidates focus on abortion? (MSNBC's Hardball)

• Hardballer Matthews Goes Soft in the Head Over Giuliani's Gold Digging (OpEd News)

• FAIR takes on NYT editor over bad facts in rebuttal (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)

• 9/11 Dad FD Chief Jim Riches- featured in IAFF video-Responds to Rudy Giuliani

• Giuliani's Law and Order Armor (U.S. News & World Report)

• NYC firefighters, families blast Giuliani in video (AP)

• NY Times Parrots Giuliani's 9/11 Defense (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)

• Firefighters take aim at Giuliani on September 11 (ABC News)

• Giuliani, Firefighters, And YouTube (The Washington Post)

• Firefighters’ Union Takes Ax to Giuliani’s 9/11 Acclaim (New York Times)

• The Buzz: Giuliani and firefighters put the heat on one another (Kansas City Star)

• Firefighters slam Giuliani in campaign ad (CNN)

• NYC firefighters, Sept. 11 families blast Giuliani in video (Newsday)

• Firefighters Rip Giuliani, Call Him 'Urban Legend' (CBS)

• Video by Firefighters’ Union Urges Opposition to Giuliani (New York Times)

• Firefighters hit Giuliani on 9/11 role (AM New York)

• Pure Horserace: Rudy's Two-Alarm Fire? (CBS News)

• CAN AN ATTACK VIDEO SINK GIULIANI'S PRESIDENTIAL PLAN? (Hardblogger)

• Watch General President Schaitberger on Hardball

• Firefighters blast Giuliani (MSNBC's Hardball)

• Giuliani’s swift boaters (NBC News)

• Firefighters' video will attack Giuliani's record; candidate offers 'prebuttal' (USA Today)

• Real 9/11 Heroes Speak Out Against Rudy (The American Prospect)

• UNION BIG OPENS 'FIRE' ON GIULIANI (New York Post)

• Dueling Firefighters debate Giuliani (grubbykid.com)

• Matthews: "Ultimate street politician" Giuliani was "on the curb" with "soot on his face" on 9-11 (Media Matters)

• 'Truth' group targets Giuliani on 9/11 role (Hudson Journal News)

• Among Firefighters, Giuliani Is Hailed and Hated  (The New York Times)

• 9/11 families denounce Giuliani run (Kings Courier)

• Boo-liani in Bay Ridge; Protestors rally against Rudy (The Brooklyn Paper)

• Giuliani's Unwelcome Birthday Guests (New York Observer)

• Protesters Criticize Giuliani In New York (FireFighting News)

• FDNY Member Gets Generous Leave of Absence (Firehouse.com)

• Macho Mistakes at Ground Zero (The New York Times)

• Ground Zero Illnesses Clouding Giuliani's Legacy (The New York Times)

• Rudy Gets Earful (New York Daily News)

• Firemen douse Rudy’s image as 9/11 hero (The Sunday Times)

• Firemen desert Giuliani over 9/11 search (The Telegraph News)

• Firefighters Group in Rift With Giuliani (The New York Times)

• How to Swift-boat Giuliani (Salon.com)

• Forum Flap Highlights Firefighters Union Rift With Giuliani (Congressional Quarterly)

• Firefighters’ unsent letter blasts Rudy (The Hill)

• Firefighters Union Blasts Giuliani on Post-Sept. 11 Cleanup (Fox News)
   

The Real Rudy

• Giuliani's Critics Point to Cronyism (The Washington Post)

• Rudy's Pants On Fire (Village Voice)

• Rudolph Giuliani: Faith in work, God, and himself (Christian Science Monitor)

• Poll: Voters see Giuliani strengths, flaws (New York Times)

• Giuliani's key supporters ensnared in sex, drugs (Newsday)

• Scandal Taints Another Giuliani Ally (The New York Times)

• Candidate Giuliani (Commentary Magazine)

• Giuliani Taps Indicted Treasurer's Dad (Associated Press)

• Giuliani's loyalty to an accused priest (Salon.com)

• Critics take hard look at Giuliani law firm's client list (Houston Chronicle)

• Three marriages, one huge problem (Macleans Magazine)

• Mystique of 'America's Mayor' Tarnished (ABC News)

• Crazy for Rudy (Vanity Fair)

• Rudy A No-Show At Firefighters Conference (CBS/Associated Press)

IAFF Video -
Rudy Giuliani:
Urban Legend

"The Urban Legend of ‘America’s Mayor’ needs to be balanced by the truth."

Deputy Chief Jim Riches, FDNY

"He's not the hero of 9/11."

Rosaleen Tallon, sister of Sean Patrick Tallon, Ladder 10, FDNY

"He didn't do what was needed."

Al Regenhard, Detective Sergeant, NYPD (ret.)

"Giuliani told the 9/11 Commission that some fire fighters got killed because they ignored the order to evacuate. That's despicable." 

Alexander Santora, Chief of Safety, FDNY (ret.)

"Put the onus where it belongs...[he] hasn't done that."

Steve Cassidy, President UFA Local 94, FDNY

"We could never, never support Rudy Giuliani for president."

Jack McDonnell, President, UFOA Local 854, FDNY

"Effective leadership never existed."

Eddie Brown, Trustee, UFA Local 94, FDNY

"It makes me upset to hear him called a hero."

Pete Gorman, Former President, UFOA Local 854, FDNY

"Rudy Giuliani is no friend of fire fighters."