00:00On September 11, 2001, half a million people were trapped at the edge of Lower Manhattan.
00:05The towers fell. Subways shut down. Every bridge closed. Manhattan was cut off,
00:12and desperate crowds were pinned against the water with nowhere to go.
00:15Then, one unprecedented radio call changed everything. All available boats, report to
00:21Lower Manhattan. Tug boats. Ferries. Fishing boats. Party boats. Hundreds of everyday mariners rushed
00:30straight into the smoke. In under nine hours, they rescued over 500,000 people by sea.
00:36Bigger than Dunkirk. The largest waterborne evacuation in history. So legendary, Tom Hanks
00:42narrates the documentary So America Never Forgets. Did you know everyday citizens pulled off an
00:47evacuation bigger than Dunkirk in under nine hours? Drop your thoughts below.
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