Volffas
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This is worth watching. A short story of boats evacuating people from Manhattan on 9/11
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Boatlift an untold tale of 9/11
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captras
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An amazing story that I was not aware of!
MIDLIFECRISIS
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weaselman
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Very informative. Didn't know they evacuated that many people.
merlinjet
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Thx for posting. I had not seen that...quite a story!
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That is a great history lesson!
flyingnugget
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WOW!!! Gave me chills... Had NO idea. 500K evacuated in 9hrs!!! more than Dunkirk is amazing...
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing
Volffas
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I watch this every year. It never gets old.
Epsmith19
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Is that Tom Hanks narrating
Volffas
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Yes Tom Hanks.
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Very cool story! I was not aware of this evacuation by boat effort that took place!
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Powerful story i was not even aware of. Thanks for sharing that!!
