President Donald Trump announced Monday he would award former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani the presidential medal of freedom, crowning him the 'greatest mayor in the history' of that city.
The president made the announcement just hours after news broke this weekend that Giuliani had been seriously injured in a car crash.
According to his spokesperson, Michael Ragusa, the mayor suffered fractured vertebrae along with multiple lacerations and contusions when his rental car was struck from behind.
Prior to the accident, Giuliani was driving when he was flagged down by a woman who was a victim of domestic violence but as his car pulled back out on the highway it was struck by another vehicle.
Lauren Kemp, 19, from Concord, was driving the Honda HR-V that struck the rear end of the 81-year-old former New York City mayor's Ford Bronco on Saturday night, according to reports. The former mayor's car was being driven by a spokesman of Giuliani's, Theodore Goodman.
