A baseball signed by New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani.

Within several years of his election, Giuliani was widely credited for major improvements in the city's quality of life and rates of violent crimes. He gained international fame as New York City's leader in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Giuliani was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2001, and was given an honorary knighthood in 2002 by the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II.