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One very touching video!
I hope you all will take the time to view this. Quite amazing!
This is an awesome video about evacuating 500,000 people in 9 hours during 9/11.
9/11 Boatlift with narration by Tom Hanks
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|UPDATED|12/4/2011 6:47:28 PM (AZT)|/UPDATED|
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Truly a god send. I left Manhattan from Pier 11 on one of these boats. Thanks for sharing this.
Memories still come back vivdly. I was 4 blocks from the towers when they came down.
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lukesvette said: Truly a god send. I left Manhattan from Pier 11 on one of these boats. Thanks for sharing this.
Memories still come back vivdly. I was 4 blocks from the towers when they came down.
Paul
Wow Paul, that was way too close for comfort. I know you and most everyone will never forget
. Thank GOD that you made it.
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It just shows what people can do when they need to! A touching story! Paul, I can't even imagine what it would have been like to be there! Thank GOD you made it!
Barry
Paul's the man! Just missed getting killed on 9-11 and what does he do? He goes to Iraq to get even. My kind of guy!
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DaveM said: Paul's the man! Just missed getting killed on 9-11 and what does he do? He goes to Iraq to get even. My kind of guy!
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My kind of guy too, Dave.
Way to go, Paul.
Thanks for posting, Larry. I wasn't aware of it either. But then I live in the Midwest.
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Thanks all. I was actually on the 97th floor of Tower 2 for the first bombing in 93 as well.
But like the saying goes, payback is a b#$%^!! And we got some!
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lukesvette said: Thanks all. I was actually on the 97th floor of Tower 2 for the first bombing in 93 as well.
But like the saying goes, payback is a b#$%^!! And we got some!
Paul
Paul, you sure are either lucky or have a guardian angel watching out for you. I'm glad for that.
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