9/11 Story . . .

[turtlespeed 226]

Impressive. If not just a lot scary.

Nice Message. Haven't heard about it before.

I searched but didn't find anything under Boat Lift.

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[oldwomanc6 60]

That day brought out the best in very many people.

mrowc6 (works at DOJ), his sister (the senate), and my next-door neighbor(NASA), were all given rides out of D.C. by strangers. Dozens of miles (in our case 50).

Just amazing.

lisa
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[rushmc 23]

turtlespeed

Impressive. If not just a lot scary.

Nice Message. Haven't heard about it before.

I searched but didn't find anything under Boat Lift.

500K people

I watched a TV doc about this some time back
It was amazing
Lots of footage of what was going on

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[weekender 0]

turtlespeed

Impressive. If not just a lot scary.

Nice Message. Haven't heard about it before.

I searched but didn't find anything under Boat Lift.

500K people

the NYC ferries are not as famous as the subways for sure. There are actually alot of them and tourist probably only know of the Staten Island Ferry and the one to Ellis Island. They are the Newark of public transportation, placed anywhere else and they would be a big deal but due to the size of NYC they seem insignificant. Same with the tugs, there are a massive amount of them but they blend into the back round of the giant metro area.

this story is known in NYC area, just not as much nationally. The story of 9/11 was so big that some of it just doesnt make headlines.

I was fortunate enough to hitch a ride with a Park Police boat to NJ that morning. This was before the call went out to all ferries and merchant tugs to come and help so i was quite fortunate. Many of my friends rode ferries or tugs home that day. Additionally, the black out of 2003 i caught a ride home on a ferry when they and the merchant fleet again came to our rescue.

NYC is huge and alot of cool things are lost to the headlines. NY'ers ARE aware of the story and proud of our ferry and merchant fleets. Especially those of us that live in NJ, hah.

"The point is, I'm weird, but I never felt weird."
John Frusciante