BOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience

Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuated half a million people from the stricken piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan. Produced and directed by Eddie Rosenstein. Eyepop Productions, Inc.

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. See www.road2resilience.org to become a part of the campaign to build a more resilient world. The film was made with the generous support by philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, Chairman Emerita, TotalBank (www.arsht.com)

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[Devesh Somani]

This is what WE can do. This is the power of "WE".

[Carl Lundwall]

My brother Mikey worked for NY Waterway on September 11, 2001, He passed away on May 15, 2011 due to a heart attack brought on by heart disease, brought on By toxic exposure from that day...Many people sacraficed and lost so much that day....So many selfless acts of courage and compassion.......I will never ever forget that morning....I thank everyone and anyone who worked to help get people out of there under those extreme circumstances.....God Bless America

[Darryl Hall]

Omg the spam.

[tusmorninginsept911]

To see the relief station in Hoboken.. where this boatlift took everyone from the westside of Manhattan.. watch the feature upload on my YouTube channel. The footage from the relief station in Hoboken, is at the end of the over two hour chronicle.

[swissneeded]

I had no idea people were evacuated this way. God bless America. Good people

[Quin Thomas]

We were going to see family on this awful day and saw a plane that was really low and my dad questioned it because we weren't near an airport we soon because we had frantic voicemails from family and all routes into New York and New York City. Scary scary scary

[sexifireman84]

This is the true definition of heroism

[jlharr45]

Those men are true Americans.