Dust to Deliverance: Untold Stories from the Maritime Evacuation on September 11th (International Marine-RMP)
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071804986 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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H Fisher said A Must-Read: 9/11's Mariner Heroes. This must-read book is a page turner. I lived downtown on 9/11 and knew that some people had gotten off the island by boat. But until reading DUST TO DELIVERANCE, I had no idea of the size and scope of these rescue efforts. Though it is hard to know how many people were evacuated--possibly as many as A Must-Read: 9/11's Mariner Heroes H Fisher This must-read book is a page turner. I lived downtown on 9/11 and knew that some people had gotten off the island by boat. But until reading DUST TO DELIVERANCE, I had no idea of the size and scope of these rescue efforts. Though it is hard to know how many people were evacuated--possibly as many as 400. 00. One of the great, under-told stories of 9/11 DUST TO DELIVERANCE is a gripping and detailed account. A true contribution to the historical canon, from an author who has made it her business to chronicle New York’s river stories.
Chaos reigned.Dust to Deliverance is the gripping story of how the New York harbor maritime community converged spontaneously to deliver stranded commuters, residents, and visitors out of harm’s way. Even before the Coast Guard called for “all available boats,” ferries, charter yachts, dinner boats, tugs, and other vessels had raced across New York harbor to pick up passengers. The book brings to light the resourcefulness and resounding human goodness that rise up in response to darkness, calamity, and turmoil. . This human saga of compassion, triumph, and resilience reveals how tragedy creates new, often unlikely, alliances, even as it strengthens existing bonds. In less than nine hours, they rescued nearly half a million people from Lower Manhattan, making this the largest waterborne evacuation in history.Rooted in eyewitness accounts and written by a mariner who served at Ground Zero, Dust to Deliverance interweaves the personal stories of people saved that day with those who saved them, while revealing the inner workings of New York harbor and its close-knit community. With the dust and fires spreading, no one knew if more attacks were coming. The captivating saga of the September 11th boat lift, when ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels spontaneously converged to rescue nearly 500,000 stranded people from Manhattan “A waterborne evacuation larger than Dunkirkin N
Harvey, a historic preservation project now operating as a living museum, which was called back into service on September 11.. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek International, Rolling Stone, Psychology Today, Newsday, and Maritime Reporter &Engineering News, among other publications. A Coast Guard-licensed merchant marine officer, DuLong serves as chief engineer of retired 1931 New York City fireboat John J. About the AuthorJournalist and historian Jessica DuLong is the author of My River Chronicles: Rediscovering the Work that Built America, winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award for Memoir, 2010
Journalist and historian Jessica DuLong is the author of My River Chronicles: Rediscovering the Work that Built America, winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award for Memoir, 2010. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek International, Rolling