- 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 were notifified that a secondnd plane hadad hit. and realizized at thatat pot that, obobviously, it wasas a terroririst atta. [s[sirens waililing] - frfrom a new y york city firefifighter, drop p what you r re doin, report t to your comompany. a majajor disasteter is occug inin new york k city this mornining. [peoeople clamororing] - whwhen i got t to chief ga, whwho was the e commanderr for r the rescueue effort, i said, c chief, can n we t a helicoptpter up therere? anand he said d to me, no. itit would be e too dangere. therere s too mumuch fire. and d then, he l looked at me anand he said,d, we can n save everyrybody bebelow the fifire. [draramatic musisic] [sirens s wailing] - - all of us s were reactc, justst trying toto make peoe asas safe as p possible. no one knenew exactlyy whatat was goingng on. no o one knew if thehere were momore plan. no o one knew if therere was anothther targ.
and d you could d smell it up there. it wouldld come into your r windows. eveveryone wasas so scared. - rudy, inin the midst of cha, he was stability. that was the man meeting the moment, and i thinkk he wasas really gogood at tha. - to s stand up anand be deft whenen all thosese buildingsgs e coming d down all araround yo- in amemerica, that s whahat they lovove. you know, that s that showed courage. and i mean, he was america s mayor then. - he stetepped forwaward to be a leader, not just here in new york city, but fofor the restst of t the countryry that was grieving, that w was in shock. - ththe showing g of suppot and the volunteers that have come here haveve been wondnderful for the spirit of ththe city. it s kinind of like e we re al embracacing each o other. amamerica is e embracing each o other. and thatat show of s suppot is enormouously importrtan. - for those of us who followed or covereded rudy giululiani inin new york,k, in s some newsrorooms, we cacal, you know, 9/10 r