Anonymousabout 21 hours ago
Rudy Giuliani, 81, was admitted to Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, in critical condition with pneumonia complicated by restrictive airway disease his spokesman attributes to 9/11 exposure. His recovery — he is now breathing independently after requiring mechanical ventilation — arrives at a moment when Giuliani faces financial insolvency from a $148 million defamation judgment, completed disbarments in New York and Washington, D.C., and intense scrutiny over whether the "9/11 hero" framing accurately reflects his documented exposure and prior role in assuring New Yorkers the air at Ground Zero was safe.