{"product_id":"saved-at-the-seawall-stories-from-the-september-11-boat-lift-9781501759123","title":"Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaved at the Seawall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica 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, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaved at the Seawall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Dulong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Hills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501759123","brand":"Three Hills","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709521105033,"sku":"9781501759123","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_591a121f-a3b3-48ff-b520-7c485fbaa9e6.jpg?v=1719518001","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/saved-at-the-seawall-stories-from-the-september-11-boat-lift-9781501759123","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}