soon after the september 11 attacks, mayor rudy giuliani, governor george pataki, and president george w. bush said that they would rebuild the world trade center. on the day of the attacks, giuliani said, "we will rebuild. we're going to come out of this stronger than before, politically stronger, economically stronger. the skyline will be made whole again." during a visit to the site on september 14, 2001, bush spoke to a crowd of workers through a megaphone. a person in the crowd shouted, "i can't hear you," to which bush replied, "i can hear you. the rest of the world hears you. and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."