Giuliani testifies at stormy 9-11 panel hearing ..booed,heckled

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Giuliani testifies at stormy 9-11 panel hearing

Hecklers disrupt session, call on commission to ask ‘real questions’


NEW YORK - Warnings of a possible terrorist attack on New York City contained in an August 2001 White House briefing paper never reached City Hall

The Aug. 6, 2001, intelligence briefing for President Bush referred to evidence of buildings in New York possibly being cased by terrorists. It mentioned New York or the World Trade Center three times.

Giuliani's testimony before the Sept. 11 commission was interrupted several times by angry outbursts by victims' families. Among other things the audience members yelled "one-sided!," "Put us on the panel!" and "Let's ask some real questions!"

It was about 90 minutes into his testimony that Giuliani was shouted down by family members of the trade center victims.

"My son was murdered!" yelled Sally Regenhard, who lost her firefighter son in the attack. Others in the audience shouted about the failure of Fire Department radios, shouting, "Talk about the radios!"

Just as Giuliani finished testifying, Christopher Brodeur — a New Yorker who became one of Giuliani's most ardent critics during his two terms in City Hall — jumped out of his seat.

"Three-thousand people are dead!" Brodeur yelled before security guards escorted him out. "They were not killed because he's a great leader. ... Let's ask some real questions!" A second spectator was also ejected.


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