Two videos tell the story of how members of the U.S. Merchant Marine, the U.S. Coast Guard, and private sailors, in an unplanned, spontaneous effort, used their ships and boats to help evacuate people from lower Manhattan and to bring first responders and emergency supplies back to the World Trade Center site. Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated by sea that day - the largest evacuation by sea in the history of the United States.
See BOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOrzF7B2Kg and
Rescue at Water's Edge: The U.S. Merchant Marine Response to 9/11, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc66PsnXPoA
Watch these two videos and be thankful for those who are willing to place the lives and safety of others first.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
www.armed-guard.com
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