It turned out to be a difficult day, but the city got through it with flying colors,

What I like to do on New Year's day is go to four or five or six places where people who are working for New York City are working, just to thank them,

Though he was getting older, he passed all his exams with flying colors. He was too old to actually be a pilot. So he did the next best thing and became a technician.

I'll tell you what makes me feel worthwhile: organizing and solving other people's problems. It makes me feel good to go to Mexico City and figure out theories on how you can reorganize and reduce crime. To me, it's one of the more fulfilling ways to spend a day.

The reality is even if you are a hands-on Mayor or Governor or chief executive, at best, you must know about 10 or 20% of what's going on. Otherwise, you never get through the day... I was very hands on, and there's lots of stuff I didn't know, and lots of things that either went wrong or right that I would find out about afterwards.

This is one of the most tragic days that I can remember in the city,