Sept. 1 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced Monday he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor -- to Rudy Giuliani, as the former New York City mayor was being released from the hospital following a weekend car crash.
Trump called his one-time lawyer "the greatest mayor" and a "great American patriot," in a post Monday on Truth Social.
"As president of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our country's highest civilian honor," Trump wrote, adding that details about a time and location were still being worked out.
Giuliani, 81, was released from the hospital Monday afternoon after he was involved in a car crash in Manchester, N.H., on Saturday night. Giuliani suffered a fractured vertebra when the car he was riding in was "struck from behind at high speed" on Interstate 93.
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