The 2001 attack on the twin towers in New York proved to be an event still in people’s minds today, changing airport control and causing a nationwide crisis. Rudy Guiliani was mayor of New York at the time.
Time Magazine wrote:
“Maybe it takes a survivor of cancer, the private pitiless terror, to minister to a city that discovers in a single moment that every moment counts, that everything you were certain of can change in an instant. We knew that he was a tough man. It took the trauma for us to discover the tenderness, the offscreen, backstage, lowlight kindness he showed to widow after widow, child after child. A man considered incapable of empathy, who could scarcely mutter a word of condolence to the mother of an unarmed man his police force had shot 41 times, somehow knew what to say–and just as importantly, what not to.”
During the time of chaos, the article alludes to the need of a hero, and how Rudy Guliani might fit that description. There are constant adjectives used to describe how tough, strong, calm and realistic he is, further solidifying the notion that men are supposed to be heroes and have those qualities.
Many mentions of war, and use of weapons which are, through visual media, often shown on men “ it was up to Giuliani to hold off despair long enough for the rest of us to get our balance, find our armor and join in to fight at his side.”
Shared by: Antonio Roberto Reguilon
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