Saved at the Seawall, Jessica DuLong
Saved at the Seawall, Jessica DuLong
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Saved at the Seawall
Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift

Author: Jessica DuLong, Mitchell Zuckoff

Narrator: Patricia Santomasso

Unabridged: 8 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/12/2023

Synopsis

Saved at the Seawall is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation. Jessica DuLong reveals the dramatic story of how the New York Harbor maritime community heroically delivered stranded commuters, residents, and visitors out of harm's way. Even before the US Coast Guard called for "all available boats," tugs, ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels had sped to the rescue from points all across New York Harbor. In less than nine hours, captains and crews transported nearly half a million people from Manhattan.

Anchored in eyewitness accounts and written by a mariner who served at Ground Zero, Saved at the Seawall weaves together the personal stories of people rescued that day with those of the mariners who saved them. DuLong describes the inner workings of New York Harbor and reveals the collaborative power of its close-knit community. Her chronicle of those crucial hours, when hundreds of thousands of lives were at risk, highlights how resourcefulness and basic human goodness triumphed over turmoil on one of America's darkest days.

About Jessica DuLong

Jessica DuLong, a U.S. Coast Guard-licensed merchant marine officer, is one of the world's only female fireboat engineers. She is also a journalist whose work has appeared in Newsweek International, Rolling Stone, Psychology Today, Parenting, Today's Machining World, Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, and other publications. She and her crewmates on the New York City fireboat John J. Harvey were recognized in the Congressional Record following their service pumping water to firefighters at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks and were featured as characters in New Yorker illustrator Maira Kalman's award-winning children's book Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brad on October 04, 2021

I was a daily news reporter at Wired.com on September 11. I was running on a treadmill at Club One, the gym down the street from our offices, when I saw the second plane smash into the World Trade Center. I yelled "I think we're at war" in the direction of my colleague and friend, and we sprinted do......more

Goodreads review by Zibby on September 20, 2021

Author, mariner, historian, and journalist Jessica DuLong tells the story of the little-known boat lift — the largest in history — in the New York City harbor on 9/11. She shares what drove her to take action with the water rescue, as well as the individual narratives of so many others who transport......more

Goodreads review by Chris on August 07, 2021

An absolutely fascinating account of the hundreds of vessels that formed an American Dunkirk on September 11 to ferry to safety the thousands of people trapped near Ground Zero after the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. DuLong tells the stories of several individuals, ranging from NYPD fireboat......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on September 10, 2021

Until my son decided to join the Coast Guard in 2012, I had not known about this amazing story from 9/11. Another Coast Guard mother shared the video on YouTube, narrated by Tom Hanks, with me. This book was well done, containing the stories of several people who were involved in this mass evacuatio......more

Goodreads review by Holly on April 20, 2022

Loved reading about this untold story of the largest maritime rescue in history. I was so impressed with the amount of research into this rescue and how the author wove the research with personal stories.......more

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