- 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
- - we don t k know if it t s a a commercialal aircraft.. wewe don t knonow if it waws a a private aiaircraft. we have nono idea. [tenense music]] - i firsrst heard ababout it whn i was s at the peneninsula hoto. i was fifinishing a a breakfat withth my counsesel, denny y, one of m my oldest f friends. wewe got up toto leave. one of m my detectivives, papatti varronone, wentnt over to d denny, whispered d in his earar. and d denny cameme over to e anand said, a a twin engigine has crarashed intoo one e of the twiwin towers.. thehere s a preretty bad fif. theyey don t knonow hohow bad it i is yet. and i i said, welell, denny, we ve gotttta head right dodown there. . and he s said, yeah, of f course. [sirens s wailing] - ththere s a fifire inin the buildlding right t. hugege smoke pououring out o of. - i was onon east rivever drie and i cocould actualally see , anand it lookeked to me lile it wasas a lot of f smoke for a smalall plane. - therere was addiditional ds sosort of rain
you know, , still todaday, it s s, what, 2222 years, and fofor me, it s s a lolot of it s s hard. but it s s mostly ththe grie, the deatath. bubuildings ththat high with t that much f fire, and loadaded with pepeople, pepeople goingng to work that m morning, motherers and faththers. - - it s not j just thosee most a affected in new y york and wawashingtn thatat are stunnnned this momo. acroross the natation, alall americanans are in h hor and disbsbelief. - good afternoon.. today isis, obviouslsly, one e of the mosost difficululs in the hisistory of ththe ciy anand the coununtry. ththe tragedy y that wewe re all unundergoing r rigw is s something t that wewe ve had ninightmares a at and d probably t thought wowouldn t hapappen.