When the twin towers fell on 9/11, hundreds of thousands of people fled to the water's edge, only to realize they were trapped on Manhattan Island. Despite the chaos, an impromptu armada of boats spontaneously organized and pulled off the largest sea evacuation in history, rescuing those stranded on the island.
Boatlift
The astonishing 9/11 boatlift, which swiftly evacuated nearly half a million people from the devastated piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan.
