Jessica DuLong, SAVED AT THE SEAWALL: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift

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🗓️ 11 September 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Zibby hosts a special podcast in honor of the 20th anniversary of the attacks on September 11th, 2001 with author, mariner, historian, and journalist Jessica DuLong. Jessica’s latest book, Saved at the Seawall, tells the story of the boat lift in the New York City harbor on 9/11 and beyond. Jessica shares what drove her to take action and assist on the water, as well as the individual narratives of so many other who put humanity first to help others in need in the immediate aftermath of the crashes. Jessica and Zibby also discuss their own grieving journeys and how we can apply the lessons learned back then to our divided world today.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.0	I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology,
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0:16.8	All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research.
0:20.4	And I'm the editor-in-chief of M don't have time to write a new publication on Medium.
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0:29.1	And if all that isn't enough, you can follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens.
0:32.9	And my website is Zibby Owens.com.
0:34.8	Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:39.7	Jessica Doolong is the author of Saved at the Seawall stories from the September 11th boatlift. And let me just say right away
0:45.0	that we are doing this episode, releasing it on 9-11. We recorded it just a few days ahead of time.
0:50.9	And for those of you listening, my thoughts are with you. And I'm going through
0:55.3	this at the same time. I lost my very best friend and college roommate Stacey Sanders on 9-11,
1:00.2	and I think about her every single day. And that event for me not only changed my city and country,
1:07.0	but my own personal life and sort of approach to living, I was 25 and realized at a very
1:12.1	young age that life was not permanent, that every day and every minute was a gift and could
1:18.3	be snatched away momentarily. And so I changed the way I live. And I don't know, this day is
1:25.0	incredibly emotional for me and meaningful, and I was honored
1:28.7	to get to talk to Jessica DeLong about her experience. And if you're listening to this on 9-11,
1:34.0	I'm doing a bunch of Instagram lives throughout the day with different authors. So I hope that
1:38.9	you start by listening to this podcast in full because it's amazing and moving and really important in so many ways.
1:46.6	And then you can check out Zibi Owens on Instagram for the other Instagram lives I'm doing.
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