This Herculean effort went largely unnoticed by the media on 9/11 itself, and it was only in subsequent months and years that many people realized the boatlift had happened at all.
— Garrett M. Graff
New York Magazine
A Q&A with Charlotte Bismuth
Charlotte Bismuth on Medium
An excerpt from "Saved in the Seawall" published in the Waterfront Alliance's publication with news and stories about the waterways of New York and New Jersey
Waterwire
A Q&A with Deborah Kalb Books
Deborah Kalb Books
LNP spoke with a tugboat operator who took part in the largest maritime rescue mission in U.S. history, as part of a series of pieces on the 20th anniversary of 9/11
— Dan Nephin
LNP | LancasterOnline
"It’s a fascinating, beautiful, heartbreaking story about the triumph of the human spirit on one of our country’s darkest days."
— Brad King
The Downtown Writers Jam
A special "Remembering 9/11" episode with guest host Jane Bunker
— Jane Bunker
1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast
"The stories that follow are the culmination of nearly a decade of reporting to discover how and why this remarkable rescue came to pass"
— Scott Rank
History Unplugged Podcast
“Boatlift 9/11” remains a largely untold story. To date, no US president has honored its heroes. Jessica DuLong immortalized them in a book 20 years later.
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