Boatlift (2011)

From the midst of 911 one of the darkest moments in American history comes this inspiring and relatively unknown story When the twin towers fell hundreds of thousands of people ran to the waters edge They soon realized that Manhattan is indeed an island And that they were trapped Within moments an armada of every vessel that could get to the citys seawall spontaneously organized Dashing into the teeth of danger hundreds of boats pulled together and without any formal planning military or otherwise they pulled off an adhoc sea evacuation that became the largest in history Their story of courage and resolve reminds us of the powerful spirit that rose among us on that fateful day Narrated by Tom Hanks Directed by Eddie Rosenstein