- did you go too far on some of t this? - nono, that senense has s always beeeen there. - oh.. - ththe first titime, he was mayayor rudy. now he s k king giuliaiani. - gigiuliani wasas just stararto wear on ththe public o of new y. - the cityty was readydy to m move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [sofoft acousticic music] [dreamy pipiano music]c] - manhnhattan is l like no place e else in thehe worl. in newew york, whahat you see- first of a all, you sesee a naturaral wondr of buiuildings. you knknow, it s like e the pyramimids. the e buildings s dwarf yo. the buildidings remindnd you of how uninimportant y you ar, bebecause you u re so tinyn. in this s big, increredible cit, whwhen you seeee it, it makeses you wantt to c come and sesee it. it m makes you c curious abob. it makes i it somethining bibigger than n life. i hahave strong g feelings about nenew york, evererything thahat mamakes up newew york. wewe re the crcrossroad
and d time magazazine s man of thehe year. bubut then, hehe started t tok about extetending his s term. - he s tererm limited.d. his two-teterm tenure e will d decemberer 31st of 2 2001, so he rereally only y has three morere months inin off. - whwhat i d likike to do is t to maintainin the unity that exixists in thehe city. - ththis was thehe first inkng that giuiuliani s thirst foror power wawasn t goingng to disapppp, eveven in thisis moment. - - a lot of n new yorkers are e convinced d now that the wholole place isis gonna fafall apart i if he leavev. anand apparentntly, giululiani thinknks so too.. - i wishsh that we c could rereelect him.m. but unfortrtunately, w we can. - one ofof three menen wiwill be the e next mayorr of newew york cityty, anand it s eitither mimichael bloooomberg, freddy fererrer, or meme. i i get a phonone call. the mayoror would likike toto see you. . i was s asked to j just meet with thehe mayor alolone, just thehe two of usus, no sta.
ththis is the e center of the uniniverse. i memean, there e is no place thatat gets morere people fromom more difffferent placa. you sosort of get,t, like, a view o of the wholole world by jusust standingng there and walklking aroundnd. itit s really y my deep papa, ththe love foror the pepeople of ththis cit, and the lolove of thisis ci. when y you look baback on it, you u keep thinknking you kekeep thinkining, wel, maybe e it really y didn t ha. and d you keep w wishing it t a. [e[engine roararing] - - holy [bleeeep]! [bleep]! [l[loud explososion] - hoholy [bleep]p]! - ththis just inin to ourur newsroom,m, a plplane has crcrashed ino the woworld trade e center.
he saiaid, mark, , look, it s a helell of a sitituatio. who knowsws if there e coulde another atattack. i d l like to asksk someththing unusuaual: to ststay three m months bebeyond my teterm, whicich ends jananuary 1st. - so y you create e a stable, sensibible transitition proce, bebecause thisis has to bee the bebest transitition ththis city hahas ever dono. - - in the civivil war, wewe t extendnd abraham l lincoln s . he has to o run for rereelectn for presesident in the mididdle of a c civil w. it s j just madnesess. but therere was someme publblic sentimement for th, times being what they were. - i m sorry that he s leaving. hehe s done a a phenomenalalb of u uniting thehe you u know, our r community. - - god bless s you, rudy.. - god blbless you! - [inanaudible]. god blesess you, rududy! - onon the way a away from the m meeting, i gogot a phone e call from ms totop aide at t city halll saying, mark, you don t want to fight r rudy on thihis. he is not t gonna be h happ this