Before Rudy Giuliani became a punchline, he saved New York City

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Not long ago, actor Kevin Sorbo shared a video of the “peaceful” bustling streets of Manhattan in 1975. “Look at how everybody seems to be enjoying their lives,” he noted, “… contrast it to today. Our country has been ruined.”