TO SAFETY in Postcards 4

There were hero’s everywhere that day. One traffic chopper remained in the air with a police copter. The bridges and tunnels were closed, but hundreds of boats crowded the waters of New York harbor bringing over 500,000 people to safety in nine hours.

I WAS THERE from YouTube:

BOATLIFT:

From the November 2001 issue of the WORKBOAT: https://www.workboat.com/coastal-inland-waterways/remembering-9/11-calling-all-boat–20-years-later?utm_source=marketo&r&mkt_tok

From THE HILL: https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/217322-remembering-the-heroes-of-the-9-11-boatlift

RESCUE AT WATERS EDGE:

9/11 UNTOLD STORIES:

THE JOHN J. HARVEY ON 9/11: https://www.1931fireboat.org/index.php/11-sep-2001

Last updated September 15, 2021