Saved at the Seawall : Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift /

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"After terrorists crashed passenger jets into the World Trade Center towers, which later collapsed, mariners delivered an estimated 400,000 to 500,000 people off Manhattan Island. This unplanned evacuation-unprecedented in speed, scale, and scope-became the largest boat lift in history. Mariner...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: DuLong, Jessica (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rescues.
Evacuation of civilians.
Emergency management.
Rescues > New York (State) > New York.
Emergency management > New York (State) > New York.
Evacuation of civilians > New York (State) > New York.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
New York (State) > New York.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"After terrorists crashed passenger jets into the World Trade Center towers, which later collapsed, mariners delivered an estimated 400,000 to 500,000 people off Manhattan Island. This unplanned evacuation-unprecedented in speed, scale, and scope-became the largest boat lift in history. Mariners' skill, innovation, professionalism, and cooperation made the effort successful"--
Notas:First published in 2017 by McGraw Hill Education under title: Dust to deliverance : untold stories from the maritime evacuation on September 11.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (270 pages).
ISBN:9781501759130

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