Video: An American Dunkirk

[upnut]

I asked Bargemonkey if he was there, it was a bit before his time. One of the tugboats he worked on was involved and had a plaque commemorating the event. Very inspiring...

BOATLIFT - An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience (HD Version) - YouTube

Scott B.

[Ljohnsaw]

Awesome. Thanks for posting.

[Old Greenhorn]

I don't watch ANY 9/11 videos or shows, They hurt too much. This was a good one (but it will likely keep me up all night). I lost a few childhood friends in the WTC and have a lot of other friends that responded to ground zero and spent weeks, in a few cases months, working there. The wound for me is still open.
 Everybody says "never forget" but I notice this year, the media at least has forgotten. I have hated it every year when this comes up and we are blasted with all the video and stories because it rubs the wounds raw all over again for me. But I also know it's important for our children to know an understand the impacts of that day and how we all came together to do our best to make it better for those we could. 
 These men and women who put that boat lift together were no different than any of of us whose first instincts were what do I have and what can I do to help and how can I use it to help these people? They acted and made a difference. Some (many) came from several hundred miles away on a few minutes notice going into the unknown to do whatever they could and they stayed for weeks making it happen. Food trucks from churches, medical folks, counselors, search specialists, engineers, they all just left their lives and showed up for as long as it took. If that is not an amazing example of our humanity and society, I don't know what is.
 As painful as it was for me, thanks for sharing that video. It showed what our folks are made of and THAT should be remembered.

[Ljohnsaw]

I worked in the WTC with my father in 1981. He passed in 1983 and his company moved out after the truck bombing in the garage in the early 90's.  Some of my extended family had friends that were working there.