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Mamdani will attend 9/11 ceremony despite calls for him to stay away

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed he will attend the ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, despite opposition from some victims’ relatives and Republican figures.
  • Mamdani said the event should focus on victims and rescue workers, while former Mayor Rudy Giuliani called his attendance offensive.
  • The ceremony will take place Friday at the 9/11 Memorial, where families and officials will remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks.

Zohran Mamdani will attend New York’s ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, despite calls for him to stay away and criticism from former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

I am proud to be the mayor of this city. I love this city. I love this country.

· Zohran MamdaniMamdani defended his decision to attend the 9/11 commemoration.

Mamdani confirmed his attendance after announcing the release of thousands of documents indicating that city authorities knew the air around Ground Zero remained “toxic” after the attacks. He said the ceremony should center on the victims and the people who took part in rescue operations.

“I am proud to be the mayor of this city. I love this city. I love this country,” Mamdani said. He added that he wanted the focus “on the families whose loved ones were taken from them 25 years ago in the horrible act of terrorism on September 11, and also on the rescuers who did everything they could.”

on the families whose loved ones were taken from them 25 years ago in the horrible act of terrorism on September 11, and also on the rescuers who did everything they could.

· Zohran MamdaniHe said the ceremony should focus on victims’ families and rescue workers.

Giuliani, who was mayor during the attacks and oversaw the city’s response in the following hours and days, said Mamdani’s presence was “offensive” to victims’ families. “He does not agree that September 11 was an Islamic terrorist attack against the United States,” Giuliani said on Newsmax.

offensive

· Rudy GiulianiThe former New York mayor described Mamdani’s attendance as offensive to victims’ families.

Former Republican Governor George Pataki and Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive and a Republican candidate for governor whose nephew died in the attacks, have also opposed Mamdani’s attendance. A petition launched by Giovanni Galante, the widower of a victim, has gathered nearly 100,000 signatures. Mamdani has received support from Democratic figures including Governor Kathy Hochul, who said he “has to be” at the ceremony. The event bans political speeches and will be held Friday at the memorial in Lower Manhattan. President Donald Trump will not attend in New York, but plans to appear at the Pentagon, another attack site, where he can give a speech.

has to be

· Kathy HochulNew York’s governor said Mamdani must attend the ceremony.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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