TY - BOOK AU - DuLong,Jessica TI - Saved at the seawall: stories from the September 11 boat lift SN - 9781501759123 PY - 2021/// CY - Ithaca [New York] PB - Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press KW - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 KW - Evacuation of civilians KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Emergency management KW - Rescues N1 - First published in 2017 by McGraw Hill Education under title: Dust to deliverance : untold stories from the maritime evacuation on September 11; Includes bibliographical references and index; The situation -- The evacuation -- The aftermath N2 - "After terrorists crashed passenger jets into the World Trade Center towers, which later collapsed, mariners delivered an estimated 400,000 to 500,000 people off Manhattan Island. This unplanned evacuation-unprecedented in speed, scale, and scope-became the largest boat lift in history. Mariners' skill, innovation, professionalism, and cooperation made the effort successful"-- ER -