"I have a number of friends who died at the World Trade Center, so I feel personally involved in it," Giuliani said, pledging to remain an advocate for the victims' families. Giuliani's leadership of the city led Time magazine to name him its 2001 "Person of the Year" two weeks ago. Talk of the 57-year-old's role rallying New York and the nation after two hijacked airliners slammed into the World Trade Center permeated the news conference, which also touched on a wide range of other issues. "I don't think you get to determine how you're remembered." "I don't know - 'Most Yankees championships in a long time' could be one," he said, a reference to the baseball club's string of four titles in six years.
The event is to take place moments after the city ushers in 2002 in Times Square.Īsked about his mayoral epitaph, Giuliani cracked a joke. Giuliani's eight-year term will end when he swears in fellow Republican Michael Bloomberg as the city's 108th mayor. What will be New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's legacy?