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.
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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.
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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
Last edited by Soundbounder; 09-09-2011 at 09:44 AM.
Segment which ran on CBS Sunday Morning about the John J Harvey
Very moving, thanks.
Yes...here's JOHN J HARVEY's web site: http://www.fireboat.org/
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.
Here's a video of HARVEY working her pumps a year ago:
And a video interview with HARVEY's chief engineer, Jessica DuLong, from USA Today:
You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound. — P.G. Wodehouse (Carry On, Jeeves)
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 beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken." (stolen from TomF )
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