--- title: Photo Disputes Rudy Giuliani’s 9/11 Hillary Clinton Story description: Giuliani said that the Clinton was not present in the aftermath of September 11 terrorist attacks, photos show otherwise. canonical: https://time.com/4528425/clinton-giuliani-september-11-photo/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-12T18:33:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:09:23.584Z article:section: Politics og:title: Photo Disputes Rudy Giuliani’s 9/11 Hillary Clinton Story og:description: Clinton can be scene side-by-side with Giuliani touring Ground Zero og:url: https://time.com/4528425/clinton-giuliani-september-11-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9633e3e782654d18/6988a9ae196cf420c203d89f/giuliani-clinton-wtc.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (C) leads US og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Photo Disputes Rudy Giuliani’s 9/11 Hillary Clinton Story twitter:description: Clinton can be scene side-by-side with Giuliani touring Ground Zero twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9633e3e782654d18/6988a9ae196cf420c203d89f/giuliani-clinton-wtc.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here’s the Photo That Contradicts Rudy Giuliani’s Criticism of Hillary Clinton by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 12, 2016 6:33 PM UTC  New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (center) leads US Senator Charles Schumer, R-NY (second from left), New York Governor George Pataki (second from right) and US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY (right), on a tour of the site of the World Trade Center disaster in New York on Sept. 12, 2001. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (center) leads US Senator Charles Schumer, R-NY (second from left), New York Governor George Pataki (second from right) and US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY (right), on a tour of the site of the World Trade Center disaster in New York on Sept. 12, 2001.Robert F. Bukaty—AFP/Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 12, 2016 6:33 PM UTC Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized Hillary Clinton for talking about her role in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Speaking at a rally for Republican nominee Donald Trump in Ocala, Florida, Giuliani took aim at Clinton. “I was there that day, I don’t remember seeing Hillary Clinton there,” Giuliani said. “I lost so many friends on Sept. 11, I think about it every day. Don’t tell me you belong to our very tight group of ‘never forget.’ Don’t tell me that.” But photos that quickly circulated on Twitter show Giuliani side-by-side with then-New York Senator Clinton touring the site of the World Trade Center on Sept. 12. > [](https://twitter.com/colinjones/status/786251381506248704) Giuliani was referring to a recent interview Clinton gave CNN’s Chris Cuomo, where she described the [“sickening experience”](http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/11/politics/hillary-clinton-september-11/) of touring Ground Zero. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4528425/clinton-giuliani-september-11-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4528425/clinton-giuliani-september-11-photo/"},"headline":"Here’s the Photo That Contradicts Rudy Giuliani’s Criticism of Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2016-10-12T18:33:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:09:23.584Z","description":"Clinton can be seen side-by-side with Giuliani touring ground zero","url":"https://time.com/4528425/clinton-giuliani-september-11-photo/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","New York","september 11","rudy giuliani"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9633e3e782654d18/6988a9ae196cf420c203d89f/giuliani-clinton-wtc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9633e3e782654d18/6988a9ae196cf420c203d89f/giuliani-clinton-wtc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (C) leads US","caption":"NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (C) leads US Senator Charles Schumer, R-NY (2nd L), New York Governor George Pataki (2nd R) and US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY (R), on a tour of the site of the World Trade Center","creditText":"Robert F. 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