(NEXSTAR) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was again seen wearing a brace during Thursday’s Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony, less than two weeks after being “seriously injured” in a New Hampshire car crash.
Early last week, Giuliani was released from the hospital after suffering a fractured thoracic vertebra, multiple lacerations and contusions, and injuries to his left arm and lower leg, according to a statement posted on X by Michael Ragusa, Giuliani’s head of security.
On Aug. 30, New Hampshire State Police say the rented Ford Bronco being driven by Giuliani’s spokesperson, Ted Goodman, was stopped on the side of the roadway when it was hit from behind by a Honda HR-V. Giuliani was a passenger in the Bronco, which, according to Ragusa, was “struck … at high speed.”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 11: Rudy Giuliani attends the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2025 in New York City. Government officials joined family, friends, and first responders as they gathered at Ground Zero, honoring the lives of the victims on the 24th anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 11: FBI Director Kash Patel, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Kathy Hochul attend the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on September 11, 2025 in New York City. Local and national government officials joined family, friends, and first responders as they gathered at Ground Zero honoring the lives of their loved ones on the 24th anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) 
New York governor Kathy Hochul, center, arrives as former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani sits in a chair for a ceremony to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) 
Former NYC mayors Rudy Giuliani, left, and Michael Bloomberg, right, talk with current mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo during a ceremony to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) 
FBI director Kash Patel, center, shakes hands with former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani during a ceremony to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) 
NYC mayor Eric Adams, right, greets former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani during a ceremony to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) 
Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani sits in a chair wearing a brace before a ceremony to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Giuliani had been “flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident” shortly before the crash, Ragusa said. The former mayor reportedly called 911, re-entered the Bronco, and was waiting for officers to arrive on the scene when the crash happened.
Goodman, as well as the 19-year-old woman driving the Honda, suffered “non-life-threatening injuries” and were taken to hospitals for treatment, authorities said. Giuliani was taken to a trauma center for his injuries.
Ragusa later said the crash “was not a targeted attack” and that the domestic violence incident “was random and unrelated,” The Hill reported.
On Sept. 2, Giuliani’s son said his father had been released from the hospital, explaining during a radio show appearance that he “was concerned whether … we’d still have [Giuliani] with us or not.”
The same day, Giuliani returned to his “America’s Mayor Live” online program and his show on Lindell TV, saying he experienced “more pain than I ever felt” in the crash.
Giuliani went on to explain that he had been instructed not to bend, lift or twist for the time being, but that doctors were “very confident” he’d heal. President Donald Trump said after the crash that he would award Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Giuliani called that “the best medicine” during his shows.
“God was very, very good to us. He looked after us,” Giuliani said, accompanied by Goodman, as he detailed how they had been flagged down before the crash. “We did the right thing, so we can feel good about ourselves, and we can be an example.”
The onetime Republican presidential candidate was dubbed “America’s mayor” in light of his leadership in New York after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
Giuliani later became a vocal proponent of Trump’s allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, which was won by Democrat Joe Biden. Trump and his backers lost dozens of lawsuits claiming fraud, and numerous recounts, reviews and audits of the election results turned up no signs of significant wrongdoing or error.
Two former Georgia elections workers later won a $148 million defamation judgment against Giuliani.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
