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...take anything away from the heroic performance of Mayor Giuliani, but your choice of him was hypocritical and cowardly. Can any rational person think the effect that Osama bin Laden's heinous crimes had on the world was less important than the mayor's wonderful deeds? When Giuliani went to ground zero right after the attack, he showed something TIME's editors lacked: courage. EDWARD RADOSH Weston...
...Sept. 11, as I was trying to make sense of the terrorist attacks and wondering where I would find my courage, I heard Mayor Giuliani utter his now famous words "the number of casualties will be more than any of us can bear." I knew then that I had heard the voice of a man I could trust, and I believed that if he could act with so much courage and honesty in the middle of the storm, so could I. Rudy has been my choice as Person of the Year since Sept. 12. BARBARA POTTER North Barrington...
Giuliani is certainly deserving of the designation Person of the Year. But the greatest impact for good or ill in 2001 was made by Osama bin Laden. Neither Mayor Giuliani nor President George W. Bush would have been a candidate except for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Without the events of that day, 2001 would have been a run-of-the-mill year. TIME chickened out. JAIME ARBONA Mayaguez, Puerto Rico...
There were many heroes in New York City after Sept. 11 who could have been named your Person of the Year. Mayor Giuliani, however, was the glue that held the city together in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges. TIME made the correct choice. LARRY MARTHALER Longboat...
...hour news cycle, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge often looked flummoxed and misinformed, learning medicine on the go and winging it when they didn't know. It was a sharp contrast to the celebrated performance of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who drew a bright line between facts (known and unknown) and his basic message of reassurance, and never seemed to confuse...