Brash, outspoken, indefatigable Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose composure and compassion rallied New York and the nation after the September 11 attacks, was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year on December 23, 2001. "This was about September 11 and about how in the immediate aftermath of the attacks in those crucial hours, one person took emotional charge in a way that was extraordinary," Time Managing Editor Jim Kelly told Reuters. Time magazine's 2001 Person of the Year cover features New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, photographed on the observation deck of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center, New York, on December 19, 2001. —REUTERS