Before his car crash, the former mayor of New York City was taking in a minor-league baseball game in Manchester, N.H., a city where he’s been known to enjoy a good cigar.

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President Trump’s announcement came days after Rudolph W. Giuliani, previously his lawyer and a New York City mayor, was hurt in a car accident. The medal is the nation’s highest civilian honor.

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Rudolph W. Giuliani was injured Saturday night when the vehicle he was riding in was rear-ended on a New Hampshire highway.

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Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and lawyer for President Trump, suffered a fractured vertebra when a vehicle slammed into his car on Saturday.

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Mr. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and lawyer for President Trump, suffered a fractured vertebra, his head of security said.

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