BOATLIFT – An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience – Narrated by Tom Hanks
The “Boatlift” of 9/11 was the largest water evacuation in history. …
American Maritime transported over 500,000 survivors from lower Manhattan across the harbor to safety and the rescue was larger than the evacuation of 340,000 American-allied troops at Dunkirk.
Each year on September 11th, LKNConnect shares the video – Boatlift – to show the resilience of the American people – to share a documentary of the largest water evacuation in history – and to NEVER FORGET 9/11/01
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BOATLIFT was executive produced by Stephen Flynn and Sean Burke and premiered on September 8th at the 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Summit: Remembrance/Renewal/Resilience in Washington. The Summit kicked off a national movement to foster community and national resilience in the face of future crises.
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