Q: [Inaudible]

SG: It's much worse than I thought. I don't think any of the television pictures or the pictures we have seen on the front of newspapers give you an idea of the magnitude and horror which is now here at "Ground Zero", and the 5,000 people missing, each with his own story that we may never hear.

Q: The Mayor and I were talking earlier about how important it is for world leaders to see this, maybe even first-hand, and have an idea of what you're dealing with.

SG: I think it's extremely important. They're all shocked, but to see it close up gives you a completely different dimension. I think they all know that we need to come together to defeat terrorism. And we have to cooperate across the board to be able to do it and I think seeing this would give them also the message. I think you're going to have several of them coming to see it.

Q: Did you find out from the Mayor his secret for his ability to keep going during all of this?

SG: I must say, it's been quite remarkable -- the resilience and the exuberance of spirit, and the give and take, the generosity of the people, the way the City came together. The remarkable thing is everybody realized we're all in this together. Americans, people around the world, governments -- that if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere. So it was not just an attack on New York or the United States, it's on the world, and it can happen anywhere. That's why we all need to come together to fight (terrorism).

Q: The Mayor had talked about the countries that want to stay neutral, that might sit on the sidelines. Do you feel now from what you've seen, you may be able to do something?

SG: Most of the governments and the leaders I have spoken to would want to defeat terrorism and they would want to fight it. Some have voiced a word of caution that the horror has united us and our response should not divide us, and we have to approach it in such a way that we keep together, this grand coalition which has emerged over the long haul to defeat terrorism. I don't think any one of them is going to give an inch for terrorism, but we need to stand together.

[A journalist then asked a question of the Mayor, which he answered.]

Q: Do you have any idea of the number of foreign nationals that may have been affected, either missing or killed, in this catastrophe?

SG: I don't have the exact number, but I understand that 62 countries have lost nationals here in this disaster. This is why I said that no one can remain indifferent. And I must say I've been very happy to have the opportunity to tell the firemen and the policemen and all the health workers how much we admire and appreciate the work that they've done. And of course, to be able to tell the Mayor and the Governor, to thank them for their leadership and applaud what they have done for this City and the way they have pulled all of us together. Let's not forget, the UN is also a New York institution and all the Ambassadors and the staff there are rooting for you just as their governments around the world are. *****