BoatLift: An Untold tale of September 11 Resilience

[Soundbounder]

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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[Bob Adams]

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

[Soundbounder]

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 Harvey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Harvey_(fireboat)

[Soundbounder]

Segment which ran on CBS Sunday Morning about the John J Harvey

[perldog007]

Very moving, thanks.

[Nicholas Carey]

The Harvey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Harvey_(fireboat)

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:

[Bob Adams]

This really should get moved above deck, donyathink?

[Nicholas Scheuer]

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.

[B_B]

Thanks for sharing the vids. Moving stories.

[Soundbounder]

This really should get moved above deck, donyathink?

I think more people see it here

[Soundbounder]

[Soundbounder]

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