{"product_id":"saved-at-the-seawall-stories-from-the-september-11-boat-lift-paperback","title":"Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Dulong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMitchell Zuckoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaved at the Seawall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eis the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation.\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica DuLong reveals the dramatic story of how the New York Harbor maritime community heroically delivered stranded commuters, residents, and visitors out of harm's way. Even before the US Coast Guard called for \"all available boats,\" tugs, ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels had sped to the rescue from points all across New York Harbor. In less than nine hours, captains and crews transported nearly half a million people from Manhattan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnchored in eyewitness accounts and written by a mariner who served at Ground Zero, \u003ci\u003eSaved at the Seawall\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together the personal stories of people rescued that day with those of the mariners who saved them. DuLong describes the inner workings of New York Harbor and reveals the collaborative power of its close-knit community. Her chronicle of those crucial hours, when hundreds of thousands of lives were at risk, highlights how resourcefulness and basic human goodness triumphed over turmoil on one of America's darkest days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInitially published as \u003ci\u003eDust to Deliverance\u003c\/i\u003e, this edition, released in time for the twentieth anniversary, contains new updates: a preface by DuLong and a foreword by Mitchell Zuckoff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica DuLong is a journalist, historian, book collaborator, and ghostwriter, as well as chief engineer, emerita of the retired 1931 New York City fireboat, John J. Harvey. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eMy River Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, won an American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award for Memoir. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN.com, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMaritime Reporter and Engineering News\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52746477273421,"sku":"9781501759123","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/NFVOR0s2c1JjQ00rY0l6LzdKZ0w2UT09.webp?v=1762880135","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/saved-at-the-seawall-stories-from-the-september-11-boat-lift-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}