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American Dunkirk - The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11 (Paperback)
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American Dunkirk - The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11 (Paperback)
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When the terrorist attacks struck New York City on September 11,
2001, boat operators and waterfront workers quickly realized that
they had the skills, the equipment, and the opportunity to take
definite, immediate action in responding to the most significant
destructive event in the United States in decades. For many of
them, they were "doing what needed to be done." American Dunkirk
shows how people, many of whom were volunteers, mobilized rescue
efforts in various improvised and spontaneous ways on that fateful
date. Disaster experts James Kendra and Tricia Wachtendorf examine
the efforts through fieldwork and interviews with many of the
participants to understand the evacuation and its larger
implications for the entire practice of disaster management. The
authors ultimately explore how people-as individuals, groups, and
formal organizations-pull together to respond to and recover from
startling, destructive events. American Dunkirk asks, What can
these people and lessons teach us about not only surviving but
thriving in the face of calamity?
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