President Donald Trump announced that former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
The announcement comes a day after Giuliani was seriously injured in a car crash in New Hampshire.
Although rumors circulated that the former mayor was hurt in a targeted attack, his spokesman said Giuliani had pulled over after being flagged down by a woman who was fleeing domestic violence and needed help calling 911.
After officers arrived, Giuliani left in his rental car, which was later struck from behind at high speed on the highway.
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Rudy Giuliani was President Trump's personal lawyer starting in 2018. (Reuters)
"Mayor Giuliani’s condition continues to improve, and he is expected to be discharged from the hospital within the next few days," Ragusa said in a statement. "This is a man who survived 9/11—so a little car accident won’t be slowing him down. He is eager to return to business and continue fighting for this country, as he has proudly done for the past 50 years."
Giuliani joined Trump's legal team in 2018, representing the president during the Robert Mueller inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
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