Giuliani strikes grim note; city struggles

NEW YORK -- With hopes fading on Sunday that any more survivors would be found amid the dust, steam and gore that is now the World Trade Center, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged New Yorkers not to cower before terrorism.

"The life of the city goes on," said Giuliani, adding that 190 people had been confirmed dead, 115 of whom had been identified. Eighteen city firefighters were among the confirmed dead, including two top officials. The total number of missing was 4,957.

"The recovery effort continues and the hope is still there that we might be able to save some lives. But the reality is that in the last several days we haven't found anyone," Giuliani said.

A high ranking police official said workers weren't even finding bodies, only body parts.

No one has been pulled alive from the wreckage since Wednesday, a day after two hijacked jetliners were crashed into the trade center's twin towers.

"We can't even find concrete; it's dust. What we're calling bodies aren't really bodies," the official said.

Much of downtown Manhattan was to reopen today with the help of a new service, a ferry carrying passengers across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan. The Empire State Building, dark since the bombings, was lit in red, white and blue.

Giuliani said Sunday one way to deal with the trauma is to "show how strong we are and how terrorists can't cower us."

Visits to city urged

"Go ahead and go about the everyday activities," he urged. "If you like to go out and spend money I would encourage that. It's always a good thing."

Hundreds celebrated Mass at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Giuliani also encouraged people from around the country to "come here and spend money." He noted theatergoers might even attain what once seemed impossible: seats for the city's most popular Broadway show.

"You might actually have a better chance of getting tickets to 'The Producers' now, if you want to come here and see it," he said.