The gaffe is quoted is on the flip if you can't access the video.
Anyway, with criticism pouring in regarding this outrageous comment, Rudy tries his hardest to backpeddle in a rambling subsequent statement. But, really, he doesn't do much to distance himself from his previous pathetic statement. Really, this is the GOP frontrunner?
Here's the quote:
"I was at ground zero as often, if not more, than most of the workers. ... I was there working with them. I was exposed to exactly the same things they were exposed to. So in that sense, I'm one of them."