Byline Supplement — ‘Rudy Giuliani Was Never a Hero’

My latest for Byline Supplement continues to bust myths

Oct 07, 2023

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America needs heroes. But our picker is broken. In today’s Byline Supplement, I report how Giuliani was never a hero — and the sooner we come to terms with our true recent history, the sooner we can move forward whole.

Byline Supplement

Rudy Giuliani Was Never a Hero

On September 12, 2001, America needed a hero. The horror of the attacks the day before — terrorism on US soil — left a gaping hole in the soul of the country. Nearly 3,000 people perished in the suicide attacks, carried out by 19 terrorists who had hijacked four planes. The first two planes flew into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, another crashed into the Pentagon and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers revolted, preventing it from reaching its likely target — the nation’s capital…

2 years ago · 8 likes · Heidi Cuda

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