A good day to repost tthis video

[Charlie Jones s/v Tehani]

the result of ONE call on the VHF from the Cost Guard

Boatlift - Tom Hanks Narrates "An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience"

Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuated half a million people from the stricken piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan. http://www.americanwaterways.com/sites/default/files/FINAL%20AWO%209-11%20Press%20Release.pdf

www.americanwaterways.com

 

[rgranger]

Every 18 year old kid born when this happened needs to see this video.

 

[agprice22]

Thank you. That was amazing. I had not seen it. I will definitely spread this around.

 

[Roland5048]

Wow! That was powerful. I had never even thought of a boat rescue taking place. Thanks for posting.

 

[Stephan]

Thank you for that video Charlie.
Watching it made me sad, but proud to be a New Yorker.

 

[dLj]

I never knew about this before. Amazing!

dj

 

[jssailem]

Thanks Charlie. Great video.

 

[FDL S2]

I'll echo everyone else-this was incredible.

 

[jviss]

Thanks for posting this. I hadn't seen this before. I only cried the second time I watched it.

 

[Will Gilmore]

Once in a while, the beauty of humanity glows bright. It often takes a dark tragedy to allow us to see this light.
Thanks for the post Charlie.

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[pumpkinpie]

We will NEVER forget! Thank you for sharing the video.

 

[JRT]

Thanks for this, a story I didn't know about and I shared with my 15 year old son this afternoon.