Rudy Giuliani is on the mend after being hospitalized after pneuomonia caused him to enter a coma. The 81-year-old former mayor of New York City is speaking out for the first time.
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He appeared on the "America's Mayor Live!" broadcast. While near death, he said he was visit by his late friend, Peter J. Powers. Powers gave him something of an intervention.
"I also had a very, very significant spiritual experience at a time in which I was in a state of like ... out of it. I would equate it to a dream of my being on line headed for, I can't say headed for heaven, headed for a trial by St. Peter," Giuliani described.
He said that's when Powers appeared to him.
"There was a very significant intervention by my Peter, I have my own Peter... Peter J. Powers, my friend of my lifetime," he said. "Peter said some very significant words, and I made sure, as soon as I woke up, I started telling people and recorded it in part."
Rudy Giuliani Opens Up
The experience shook Giuliani enought that he reached out to a priest after he woke up. Powers died in 2016 from lung cancer. But prior to that, the two had been high school friends and Powers later served as his top aide.
"I dont want to embellish it, and I don't want to deny what was there," he told viewers.
Giuliani himself was near death's door after slipping into a coma. But he is now feeling well and back to 100 percent.
"It is very nice to be back ... I've been away about a week and a few days. I had pneumonia, I was in the hospital. I'm going to tell you all about it, not all right away," Giuliani said. "Im in the middle of making a very, very full and complete recovery. Today, I did physical exercise, walked up and down stairs, and walked all around. I feel 100 percent, but im probably not."
Giuliani also thanks President Donald Trump for supporting him through his near-death experience and being there.
"Of course, I have to thank the president, of whom I had a very good conversation after I got into the hospital," Giuliani recalled.
