Saved at the seawall : stories from the September 11 boat lift / Jessica DuLong ; foreword by Mitch Zuckoff.
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TextPublisher: Ithaca [New York] : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2017Description: xvi, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 9781501759123
- 1501759124
- Dust to deliverance
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Saved at the Seawall is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation.
Jessica DuLong reveals the dramatic story of how the New York Harbor maritime community heroically delivered stranded commuters, residents, and visitors out of harm's way. Even before the US Coast Guard called for "all available boats," tugs, ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels had sped to the rescue from points all across New York Harbor. In less than nine hours, captains and crews transported nearly half a million people from Manhattan.
Anchored in eyewitness accounts and written by a mariner who served at Ground Zero, Saved at the Seawall weaves together the personal stories of people rescued that day with those of the mariners who saved them. DuLong describes the inner workings of New York Harbor and reveals the collaborative power of its close-knit community. Her chronicle of those crucial hours, when hundreds of thousands of lives were at risk, highlights how resourcefulness and basic human goodness triumphed over turmoil on one of America's darkest days.
Initially published as Dust to Deliverance , this edition, released in time for the twentieth anniversary, contains new updates: a preface by DuLong and a foreword by Mitchell Zuckoff.
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.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.