"This is not a mayor or a governor or a president who's sitting in an ivory tower," he said. "I was at ground zero as often, if not more, than most of the workers. I was there working with them. I was there guiding things. I was there bringing people there. But I was exposed to exactly the same things they were exposed to. So in that sense, I'm one of them."
Personally, I don't think setting yourself up as the hero of 9/11 works well when you pit yourself against the actual men and women who did the rescue work.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
Update: Rudy recognizes his mistake.
"You know, what I was saying was, 'I'm there with you.'"[...]
"I think I could have said it better," he told nationally syndicated radio host Mike Gallagher.
Well, Rude, you probably couldn't have said it worse....but hey....
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