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On 11 September 2001, mariners evacuated nearly 500,000 people by boat from southern Manhattan and took them to safety. 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