BOATLIFT – An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience

By VOICES Staff.

 

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About the Great Boatlift on 9/11:

• The “Boatlift” of 9/11 was the largest water evacuation in history. After road, tunnel, and railway closures out of New York City, over half a million people were stranded in lower Manhattan following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
• American Maritime transported over 500,000 survivors from lower Manhattan across the harbor to safety and the rescue was larger than the evacuation of 340,000 American-allied troops at Dunkirk.
• The rescue effort involved over 150 American Maritime vessels, including passenger ferries, tugboats, merchant ships, private vessels, and New York City Fire Department and Police Department boats.
• More than 800 American mariners participated in the Boatlift evacuation of September 11th.

Learn more on the American Maritime Podcast: 

Admiral James Loy, former Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard discusses the “Boatlift” where the U.S. Coast Guard made a call for “All Available Vessels” in the New York City Harbor to help evacuate survivors during 9/11.