WATCH: Rudy Giuliani calls 9/11 'worst' and 'best' day of his life

Former New York Metropolis Mayor Rudy Giuliani referred to as the 9/11 terrorist assaults the "worst" and, in some methods, "best" day of his life as he mirrored on the heroism of first responders and the unity of the town.

Giuliani, who was the mayor when terrorists crashed two planes into the dual towers of the World Commerce Heart over 20 years in the past, mentioned the assault was the worst overseas assault on U.S. soil because the Battle of 1812.

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"It is emotions or advanced emotions. I assume one of the best ways to explain it's [that it] was the worst day of my life. And in some methods, you recognize, the best day of my [life] when it comes to my metropolis, my nation, my household. It was the worst overseas assault on this nation because the Battle of 1812," Giuliani instructed Newsmax host Shaun Kraisman on Friday. "It was an assault on utterly harmless individuals, and I watched it firsthand."

Probably the most surprising moments of the day, Giuliani recalled, was when a person jumped from 101 tales. When the person hit the bottom, Giuliani mentioned he turned to then-Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to specific his shock over the magnitude of the scenario.

"I mentioned, 'Bernie, that is past something we have ever confronted earlier than. We will must throw out our books,'" Giuliani mentioned. "'We will must make this one up based mostly on our instincts. Then we'll have to hope to God we made the fitting choice.'"

The previous mayor mentioned youngsters at the moment are studying concerning the survivors of the assaults in the identical means his era discovered concerning the bravery of troopers in World Battle II.

"The younger individuals are studying how these forebearers of theirs, simply 21 years in the past, how robust they had been — the best way we discovered once we grew up how robust the era of the Second World Battle was," Giuliani mentioned. "This was a very courageous response, a rustic that has an infinite depth of power of their liberty and freedom."

Though the assault focused america, world allies stood in solidarity with the U.S. that day, together with the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died on the age of 96 on Thursday.

"The queen bestowed on me the knight commander of the British Empire," Giuliani mentioned. "I am going to always remember it. She was not solely a powerful supporter of America however one of many individuals who gave us a lot assist."

The queen broke with custom within the aftermath of the assaults, ordering the Coldstream Guards band exterior Buckingham Palace to play the U.S. nationwide anthem as a crowd of greater than 3,000 individuals, lots of them U.S. vacationers stranded in England following the assaults, sang and wept exterior.

Sunday marks the twenty first anniversary of the assaults, which resulted within the deaths of practically 3,000 individuals, roughly 2,750 of whom had been in New York.