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While the towers burned and collapsed on 9/11, a half million people were evacuated from Lower Manhattan by a civilian flotilla of ferries, tug boats and other vessels—the largest boatlift in history.
<em>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOrz...layer_embedded
There was also had a retired, museum piece fire boat pumping water, I need to find a link. Pretty cool, helping to save the city that sent it to the boneyard.
Added link:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=129435&page=1
The HarveyQuote:
Originally Posted by Bob Adams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Harvey_(fireboat)
Segment which ran on CBS Sunday Morning about the John J Harvey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEjRFAckjjM
Very moving, thanks.
Yes...here's JOHN J HARVEY's web site: http://www.fireboat.org/Quote:
Originally Posted by Soundbounder
You can volunteer and work on the boat. They do frequent public rides, too.
If you've got little kids or grandkids (mebbe 5 or under), Maira Kalman wrote a great book about HARVEY, her history and what she did on mid-September 10 years back. I highly recommend this book: Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J Harvey, by Maira Kalman.
http://www.mairakalman.com/imgs/fireboat-01.jpg
Here's a video of HARVEY working her pumps a year ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU8dPhSyDJA&feature=related
And a video interview with HARVEY's chief engineer, Jessica DuLong, from USA Today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soHZE_Pw-uc&feature=related
This really should get moved above deck, donyathink?
Nahh! Let'em come down the ladder to where the heavy lifting happens.
This is cool! Never saw it before. I posted the link over on another forum.
Thanks for sharing the vids. Moving stories.
I think more people see it hereQuote:
Originally Posted by Bob Adams
For those of you in the region.....
The Fireboat John J Harvey will be at the Oyster Bay Oyster Festival in October:
http://www.antonnews.com/oysterbayen...-festival.html