Tom Ridge, John Catsimatidis and Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Tom Ridge and Hana Bisceglie, founder of Fruzen Ice
Rudolph Giuliani	Tony Lo Bianco
Armand Assante

HOMELAND SECURITY
Rudy Giuliani Warns New York
‘Terrorists Want To Attack Again’

STORY BY NINA BOXER
PHOTOS BY TIM BOXER

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UDOLPH GIULIANI, the New York mayor who rallied the city in its darkest days when terrorists attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, warned that terrorists want to attack again. He issued the alarm at the Third Annual Tom Ridge Homeland Security Awards in October at the Grand Hyatt in New York.

Not known to mince words, Giuliani identified the perpetrators as "Islamic extremist terrorists. We should not be afraid to say that. It’s the truth."

He said, "They attacked our city, killed 3,000 people, and they want to do it again. The reason they haven’t done it is because of you, the people of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation (FEHSF), and all the soldiers who came back from Iraq and Afghanistan."

The terrorists, Giuliani added, respect power, strength and being on the offensive, not being defensive. "You are the only reason our country is safe."

Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania and the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005, presented awards.

For his role in leading the city to recovery, the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation presented Giuliani with the Tom Ridge Lifetime Achievement Award. John Catsimatidis, owner of Gristedes, the largest grocery chain in Manhattan, accepted the Patriot Award for his support of the foundation. The organization provides financial aid to families of federal agents to pay for funeral costs or children’s needs.

Among the many who applauded the awardees were FEHSF founder and CEO Richard S. Kendall, honorary chairman Tom Ridge, vice chairman William Marcus, board member/actor Tony Lo Bianco, actor Armand Assante, New York reporter Murray Weiss of dnainfo.com, and 15MinutesMagazine.com society editor Catherine Saxton, a member of the FEHSF event committee.