Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, was still in critical condition as he recovered from pneumonia in a Florida hospital on Monday, his spokesman said.<\/p>\n
The spokesman, Ted Goodman, said that the lung infection had overwhelmed Mr. Giuliani and that he had required a ventilator to breathe. But as of Monday, Mr. Goodman said, Mr. Giuliani was breathing on his own \u201cwith his family and primary medical provider at his side.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMayor Giuliani is the ultimate fighter \u2014 as he has demonstrated throughout his life \u2014 and he is winning this battle,\u201d Mr. Goodman said in a statement, adding, \u201cPlease keep the prayers coming.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Mr. Goodman had announced that Mr. Giuliani was in a Florida hospital in critical condition, but did not elaborate on the cause or the former mayor\u2019s symptoms.<\/p>\n
It is unclear when Mr. Giuliani, 81, was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n
President Trump, in a post on Truth Social on Sunday, called Mr. Giuliani a \u201cTrue Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR.\u201d He used the occasion to again advance his false claim that Democrats \u201ccheated\u201d in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey cheated on the Elections, fabricated hundreds of stories, did anything possible to destroy our Nation, and now, look at Rudy. So sad!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Mr. Giuliani has struggled with legal and financial problems in recent years, and in the summer of 2025, he was involved in a car crash in New Hampshire in which he suffered a fractured vertebra<\/a>. After that, Mr. Giuliani made at least one public appearance in a wheelchair.<\/p>\n On Monday, Mr. Goodman said that Mr. Giuliani had been diagnosed with restrictive airway disease stemming from his proximity to ground zero in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001, and that the condition made respiratory illnesses more threatening.<\/p>\n It is unclear whether Mr. Giuliani has publicly mentioned such a diagnosis before. But the former mayor has noted that he was a frequent presence at ground zero, and in recent years his lawyers have alluded to potential lung disease related to toxicity from the attacks.<\/p>\n