I hope he succeeds in bringing down that city. I have never forgiven myself for shedding tears for New York after 911.
New York was a fundamentally different place 25 years ago than today. 9/11 was only 12 years after Reagan. While NYC, like the rest of the country seems intent on committing suicide, the victims of 9/11 and the city itself was not the socialist $hithole it is now. The firefighters, police, and EMT workers were salt of the earth people and fundamentally patriotic people who loved America. This was largely pre-DEI nonsense. The workers in the towers were also largely commuters from the suburbs and outer boroughs, focused on careers with families (i.e. not freeloaders). It’s perfectly ok to have supported and grieved for NY after 9/11, while also seeing the city for the cesspool it has descended into.