9/11 Maritime Videos & Oral History
For extensive background info about this topic, visit our other maritime 9/11 webpage here. We add to both these pages.
Unless otherwise indicated, the videos below were shown in the 9/11 VIDEO BOOTH on the deck of our ship MARY A. WHALEN as part of an outdoor 9/11 exhibit that ran from 9/8/21 through 10/8/21.
On 9/10/21, a blessing of the fleet commemorated the 20th of anniversary of 9/11 boatlift. During that, PortSide’s Executive Director Carolina Salguero narrated a harbor tour on a boat from Classic Harbor Line. The sound has some issues at some points. When it is faint, it may be better to use headphones.
Mariners' Response to 9/11. This PortSide talk occurred on Zoom September 7, 2021. The host was Carolina Salguero, PortSide founder & ED. Panelists were Rich Naruscewicz, Jessica Du Long. and Jan Andrusky (who worked at Weeks Marine then). Some of our Zoom audience were mariners who responded to the 9/11 attacks, so the program became a discussion between participants and not just panelists talking. There were tech problems screening the video Boatlift which is embedded in our program video below. If you haven’t seen that before, skip to the link below this one to see it.
Boatlift narrated by Tom Hanks, funded by Center for National Policy
Pier 25 After the Fall by Mike Mazzei, a videographer working as a dockbuilder, removing WTC rubble from Pier 25 in Tribeca.
Mariners Respond to 9/11, a video about PortSide’s 2011 exhibit.
Oral histories
"Harbor Voices from 9/11" produced by David Tarnow. Link to related audio documentary.
MagRack3 profile of PortSide NewYork founder and ED Carolina Salguero. She was a photojournalist reporting on 9/11 at the time.
Footage from security cameras of Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) of the Coast Guard in this port. (VTS WTC 911)
Not shown in our 2021 video booth
The famous filmmaker Spike Lee created a docuseries NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½ shown on HBO Max. About 15 minutes of its Chapter 6 covers the boatlift. It includes brief remarks by our ED Carolina Salguero and her photos.
2021 media coverage of maritime 9/11 story
9/11, 20 years later: Calling All Boats, by Joel Milton. Workboat. 9/9/2021
9/11 Remembrance Events, 710 WOR, 9/9/2021
Escape From New York The great maritime rescue of lower Manhattan on 9/11, by Garrett M. Graff, New York Magazine, 9/11/2021
Honoring the Heroes of the Great Boat Lift Out of Manhattan on 9/11, NBC New York, 9/10/2021
On 9/11, a Flotilla of Ferries, Yachts and Tugboats Evacuated 500,000 People Away From Ground Zero, by John Hanc, Smithsonian Magazine, 9/9/2021
I Was There featuring Pete Johansen of NY Waterway ferry, VICE 4/29/2021
Lower Manhattan Community Sidelined from September 11 Observances, Again, The Broadsheet, 9/9/2021
NYC boat procession honors 9/11 victims, commemorates largest water evacuation in history, Eyewitness News, WABC 7, 9/10/2021
Port Authority to Hold Series of Solemn Events Commemorating 20th Anniversary of 9/11, Jersey City Times, 9/8/2021
Port captains recall heroic mission to evacuate New Yorkers from Ground Zero on 9/11. by Jessica DuLong, New York Post, 9/8/2021.
Seen & Heard: Events to commemorate 9/11, Tribeca Citizen, 9/7/2021
September 11: The heroes of the forgotten maritime rescue mission. Boat captains Richard Naruszewicz, Greg Freitas and Sean Kennedy talk to the BBC about their role in America's largest maritime evacuation. Video by Chloe Kim. 9/8/2021
The Great Boat Lift of 911, NJ.com 9/10/2021
Twenty Years on, the 9/11 Boatlift is Ripe for Recognition, by Erin X. Wong, Medium, 9/12/2021
Working on the 9/11 Boatlift Taught Me to Redefine Heroes, The Daily Beast, 9/7/2021