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By Jessica DuLong

270 pages

Saved at the Seawall is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation. Jessica 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 rescue from points all across the New York Harbor. In less than nine hours, captains and crews transported nearly half a million people from Manhattan.