9/11 boatlift from Manhattan... Must watch this!

IRGuy · Post by **IRGuy** » Sep 20th, '11, 17:53

I don't need to say anything.. just watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOrzF7B2Kg

AndreF · Post by **AndreF** » Sep 20th, '11, 20:19

That was great. Thanks, Frank.

Rawleigh · Post by **Rawleigh** » Sep 21st, '11, 07:51

Very moving! Wow!!

RAWicklund · Post by **RAWicklund** » Sep 21st, '11, 07:57

great inspiration to start the day........Thanks

Ray

Dug · Post by **Dug** » Sep 21st, '11, 15:34

Incredible. Made me wish I had been there to help!

Bertramp · Post by **Bertramp** » Sep 21st, '11, 17:46

Dug wrote:Incredible. Made me wish I had been there to help!

I was there ..... be glad you were not. People stepped up and did great things, but you didn't want to be there.

Bob H. · Post by **Bob H.** » Sep 22nd, '11, 18:24

What Americans CAN do....amazing ....Thanks Frank.

jspiezio · Post by **jspiezio** » Sep 22nd, '11, 19:42

Bertramp wrote: I was there ..... be glad you were not. People stepped up and did great things, but you didn't want to be there.

Spot on.

PeterPalmieri · Post by **PeterPalmieri** » Sep 22nd, '11, 20:23

Bertramp wrote: I was there ..... be glad you were not. People stepped up and did great things, but you didn't want to be there.

You guys are both right! My wife drove in to get to the news desk, her press pass got her on a closed 59th St bridge, for a very unique view of a falling tower. The best man in my wedding made his way to the firehouse in Brooklyn at the same time. They searched the battery tunnel and when they made it to manhattan they thought they were in hell.

Not knowing what was going on or how bad it would get I really wasn't sure I'd see either of them again. This video was really great and put back in perspective that feeling of the unknown and another group of great Americans. At 9am that morning we all wondered if it was WW3 and if there would be a manhattan by the end of the day. To many people forget that!

IRGuy · Post by **IRGuy** » Sep 24th, '11, 12:42

There is another video made by the Port Captain of New York in the same section as the video I posted above.

He remarked that when the USCG called out to all vessels (you heard the call in the clip above) for assistance boats came out in droves.. and no vessel asked for a purchase order or for compensation. I have to believe that the owners of the responding vessels lost tons of money that day.

We here in the US certainly have our differences and fights on occasion, but when one of us or 500,000 of us needs help.. the rest of us turn to!

The captain of the Amberjack V is just a blue collar guy making a living, but his basic principles of life are part of what makes this country great!

Bob H. · Post by **Bob H.** » Sep 24th, '11, 19:21

Frank,
Well said...we need guys like that in congress and in the big white house...BH

IRGuy · Post by **IRGuy** » Sep 24th, '11, 21:00

Thanks Bob..

I suspect the captain of the Amberjack V is too smart to get into politics.

Dug · Post by **Dug** » Sep 26th, '11, 14:38

Bertramp,

While I do know what you were saying, I suspect you know what I was saying...

Dug

Bertramp · Post by **Bertramp** » Sep 26th, '11, 22:19

Dug...
No harm intended in my comment, please don't take any ... and yes I understand what you were saying.
I worked in 2WTC and was one of the people up close and personal that day. I have pictures that I can't erase......and I still carry a copy of my WTC-ID card every day.
I guess it's all just a part of life.

Dug · Post by **Dug** » Sep 27th, '11, 07:50

Believe me, not upset in the least. I understand where you are coming from completely. Perhaps better to say comprehend, rather than understand. Having not been there, it could be said I will never understand. Many of us here know people who were there. Some are not here anymore. On that day I just felt like I wanted to help so much, and was way up in central MA. Being a boat owner, if I had been in the area, I could perhaps have helped in that way. One of my friends ended up jumping in the river. She is deeply dislikes swimming, even on a clean beach, so I cannot even imagine how it must have been to sway her to choose to jump in to the Hudson there. She worked across the street from the towers, at either Merril Lynch or Lehman. One of the ones that had the front of the building stripped off.

My friend I am not upset at all. Its an inspiring video. To me as a boat owner, I feel like I have something I can use to help that not everyone has. It has come in handy. And I hear you on the ID. I would keep it too.

D

Harv · Post by **Harv** » Oct 19th, '11, 20:13

IRGuy wrote: The captain of the Amberjack V is just a blue collar guy making a living, but his basic principles of life are part of what makes this country great!

And I am proud to know him. A few months ago, he offered the services of the boat to our Community group for a celebration party 2 weeks after our 20th Annual festival for Sheepshead Bay..."BAYFEST"!!!

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9/11 boatlift from Manhattan... Must watch this!

9/11 boatlift from Manhattan... Must watch this!

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