Many people don’t know that on 9/11 500,000 people who were trapped in the chaos and devastation of new York City escaped via the world’s biggest boat lift. It was bigger than what occurred at Dunkirk. Attached is an inspiring 12 minute documentary which is narrated by Tom Hanks that described how so many people were rescued by oridinary people who did extraordinary things that day.
http://www.newser.com/story/127460/documentary-boatlift-recounts-rescue-of-500000-new-yorkers-by-water-on-911.html
Russ
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My wife and I have been married for over 33 years. We have 3 adult children and recently became grandparents for the first time, with a second one on the way! I founded, own, and operate an investment management and advisory firm. My wife is a Special Ed teacher for Kindergartners and First Graders. In addition to our family and friends and my profession, my passions include writing poetry, song lyrics, and non-fiction short stories; tending a fern garden and small redwood grove on our property, hiking in ancient old-growth redwood forests, and watching old movie classics.
I had never heard of this. I will check it out.
Russ,
Thank you for sharing this. It is an amazing story. Now I have to go get a box of Kleenex…
I can’t imagine what that must have been like. Amazing.
Yes, the human spirit often astounds me as to what it is capable of, both individually and when people work together for the good of others. There is so much good in the world that it doesn’t take long at all to find many examples of it when one is focused on seeking examples of it.
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RUss