- 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
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dead stillll and quietet. i remembmber very didistincty going ovover the brorooklyn bre atat, like, 6:6:10, 6:15 in the mororning, and i ththink we werere ththe only carar on the brbe anand the cityty was just t . i i was going g to meet ththe mr at t the temporarary ememergency heheadquartersr. from the m morning of f 9/11, i bebecame the c consultant to t the city s administratin regarding communications about public mental health in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. his first statement to me was, my number one concern is the citizenry of new york city. i want to do this in a way that really helps the people of the city get through this. i was really quite taken with that, you know. and i saidid to mayor r giuli i deveveloped a plplan for communications at a public health level of how individuals recover from trauma and create successful and effective coping mechanisms and begin the process of recovery.
what y you saw wasas a trtremendous c cloud, debris flylying through ththe streets,s, and peopople being i injured. [somber r music] - ththe entire b building fef. anand, uh, i p processed t t, anand we just,t, you knowow, kept walalking. anand that s w when we hoooop with the m mayor. - - i m ready,y, mayor. - eveveryone in n this cityy shouldld remain cacalm. the veryry best thining to do o right noww would bebe to remainin home. if y you re outstside ofof southern n manhattan,, you shouldld remain where yoyou are. you u shouldn t t panic. you shouldldn t worry.y. what i w was trying g to do was to getet us on telelevis, on thehe radio, toto tell peopople what tot, to give ththem some adadvic. it s a t terrible trtragedy. the e best way we re gogonna get ththrough ts is i if we remaiain calm and d just listeten to everyr, nonot to panicic. - we w walked up a a few more blocksks to a firerehouse. - wewe got to ththe firehou, and i i was told b by tom m bundersonn