misdeeds by the police. Because the "only" cost of that was human, not money, which Guiliani valued more. He turned down requests for new communication equipmment that would have allowed first responders (like firefighters and cops) to communicate with each other. So, on 911, the only communication equipment first responders had enabled cops to communicate with other cops, but not also with firefighters, and vice versa. Moreover, Giuliani had been warned not to locate the city's emergency center in the Twin Towers because of a high likelihood of another attack there. Nonetheless, he did so. So, during those semi-iconic bits of video that show him walking around the area frantic shortly after the attack, he was probably desperately trying to figure out what the fuck to do with the city's emergency center gone.
Most of NY's first responders are Republican, even though their unions may still support Democrats. However, in 2008, they invited every Presidential primary hopeful to address their convention, with one exception: Giuliani.
But we know what happened after 911. The turd who employed a pedophile priest after the Roman Catholic Church defrocked him got much credit for attending funerals of first responders, even though his actions as Mayor may have increased the number of those funerals.
By the same token, I recently heard De Blasio blamed for only calling into hospitals instead of showing up there in person. (I've been really sick in a hospital. The last thing I as a patient, would have wanted was a pro forma visit from the Mayor of NYC whom I'd never met and who was there so he could score points for himself and maybe have a photo op. Not to mention that it is probably the last thing hospital staff need to contend with, especially in critical or intensive care units.) IOW, the critics are full of it.
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