Former New York City Mayor Giuliani released from intensive care

By Christian Martinez

LOS ANGELES, May 6 (Reuters) – Former New York ‌City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was ‌released from the intensive care unit but will ​remain in the hospital for recovery, his spokesperson Ted Goodman said Wednesday.

• Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized in ‌critical condition and ⁠was recovering from pneumonia, Goodman said.

• “The mayor and his ⁠family appreciate the outpouring of love and prayers sent his way,” ​Goodman said.

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• ​Giuliani came ​to global prominence ‌in 2001 as he led New York’s recovery from the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers, which his spokesperson ‌said led to ​him developing restrictive airway ​disease.

• ​Giuliani’s later failed quest to ‌overturn President Donald Trump’s ​2020 ​election defeat tarnished his image as “America’s Mayor”, earned for his 2001 response to ​the ‌al Qaeda attack.

(Reporting by Andrew ​Goudsward and Christian Martinez; Editing ​by Kim Coghill)