Rudy Giuliani breathing on his own after being hospitalized for pneumonia

Former New York City mayor, who was placed on ventilator, is also being monitored, a spokesperson said

Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor, is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator, his spokesperson said on Monday.

Giuliani, 81, remains in critical but stable condition at a Florida hospital and is being monitored as a precautionary measure, Ted Goodman, a spokesperson, said.

Goodman said Giuliani’s condition was exacerbated by restrictive airway disease attributed to his exposure to dust and toxins from the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center in 2001.

Giuliani’s hospitalization, near Palm Beach, Florida, came after he was heard coughing on Friday on his nightly online talkshow and hoarsely told viewers his voice was “a little under the weather”.