Incredible Story of 9/11’s Boatlift Rescue

On September 11th, 2001, every bridge, tunnel, and subway in Manhattan shut down at once, causing half a million people to be stranded on an island covered in dust and smoke with no way out except across the water. The Coast Guard put out an open radio call asking anyone available to help. Within minutes, more than 150 vessels converged on Lower Manhattan. Coast Guard cutters, NYPD boats, dinner cruise ships, tugboats, private yachts, fishing boats. Captains who had never done anything like this