RETRO FILES / THE GREAT MANHATTAN BOATLIFT OF SEPT. 11, 2001

The Coast Guard asked for help.  They all came: tugboats, pleasure craft, ferries large and small, tourist boats, sailboats, power boats, fishing trawlers and water taxi's.  It became the largest sea evacuation ever.

"...a hero does what he/she can do..."

Boats of every size, color, and ownership afloat on New York Harbor as the buildings fell on 9/11 came to the rescue of 500,000 fellow citizens trapped in Lower Manhattan. It took 9 hours. 

Tom Hanks narrates the following documentary. 

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