- the city was ready to move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [soft acoustic music] [dreamy piano music] - manhattan is like no place else in the world. in new york, what you see is first of all, you see a natural wonder of buildings. you know, it s like the pyramids. the buildings dwarf you. the buildings remind you of how unimportant you are, because you re so tiny. in this big, incredible city, when you see it, it makes you want to come and see it. it makes you curious about it. it makes it something bigger than life. i have strong feelings about new york, everything that makes up new york. we re the crossroads of the world. this is the center of the universe. i mean, there is no place that gets more people from more different places. you sort of get, like, a view of the whole world by just standing there and walking around. it s really my deep passion, the love for the people of this city, and the love of this city. when
- no, that sense has always been there. - oh. - the first time, he was mayor rudy. now he s king giuliani. - giuliani was just starting to wear on the public of new york. - the city was ready to move on, was ready to turn the page from the giuliani years. [soft acoustic music] [dreamy piano music] - manhattan is like no place else in the world. in new york, what you see is first of all, you see a natural wonder of buildings. you know, it s like the pyramids. the buildings dwarf you. the buildings remind you of how unimportant you are, because you re so tiny. in this big, incredible city, when you see it, it makes you want to come and see it. it makes you curious about it. it makes it something bigger than life. i have strong feelings about new york, everything that makes up new york. we re the crossroads of the world. this is the center of the universe. i mean, there is no place that gets more people from more different places. you sort of get, like,
[people clamoring] - when i got to chief ganci, who was the commander for the rescue effort, i said, chief, can we get a helicopter up there? and he said to me, no. it would be too dangerous. there s too much fire. and then, he looked at me and he said, we can save everybody below the fire. [dramatic music] [sirens wailing] - all of us were reacting, just trying to make people as safe as possible. no one knew exactly what was going on. no one knew if there were more planes. no one knew if there was another target. - we proceeded up west street. on the way up, i saw father judge, and i asked him to pray for us, which he assured me that he was doing. and then i walked to 75 barclay street, and i was brought into, like, a cubical inner officer
i said, chief, can we get a helicopter up there? and he said to me, no. it would be too dangerous. there s too much fire. and then, he looked at me and he said, we can save everybody below the fire. [dramatic music] [sirens wailing] - all of us were reacting, just trying to make people as safe as possible. no one knew exactly what was going on. no one knew if there were more planes. no one knew if there was another target. - we proceeded up west street. on the way up, i saw father judge, and i asked him to pray for us, which he assured me that he was doing. and then i walked to 75 barclay street, and i was brought into, like, a cubical inner officer and told that we had reached the white house. and then, the desk started to shake.
in new york city this morning. [people clamoring] - when i got to chief ganci, who was the commander for the rescue effort, i said, chief, can we get a helicopter up there? and he said to me, no. it would be too dangerous. there s too much fire. and then, he looked at me and he said, we can save everybody below the fire. [dramatic music] [sirens wailing] - all of us were reacting, just trying to make people as safe as possible. no one knew exactly what was going on. no one knew if there were more planes. no one knew if there was another target. - we proceeded up west street. on the way up, i saw father judge, and i asked him to pray for us, which he assured me that he was doing. and then i walked to 75 barclay street, and i was brought into, like, a cubical inner officer