Boatlift Comprehension

True or False: "A hero is a man who does what he can."

• True

• False

What did Vincent believe he was watching at first?

• He thought he was watching a dream.

• He thought he was watching a television show.

• He thought he was watching a movie.

• He thought he was watching a news report.

What did people realize when they ran south to the water's edge?

• They realized that they could swim away from Manhattan.

• The realized that they could take the subway out of Manhattan.

• They realized that the city of New York is huge.

• They realized that Manhattan is an island and they were trapped.

At what point did people begin to panic?

• People began to panic after the first building fell.

• People began to panic when the third plane hit a tower.

• People began to panic when they were told to.

• People began to panic when the second building fell.

Choose two types of boats that responded to the Coast Guard's radio call:

• cruise ships

• tug boats

• private boats

• submarines

How were victims of 9/11 described as they approached the boats?

• They looked like children, ready to go on a boat ride.

• They looked like vampires coming after the boats.

• They looked like zombies coming through the fog.

• They looked like lost ghosts.

How did the boat owner/employer communicate the destination of their boat to the New Yorkers?

• They told people as the New Yorkers got on their boat.

• They sent out a mass text message.

• They used an overhead radio.

• They used a bed sheet and spray painted the destination.

True or False: "The great boatlift of 9/11 became the largest sea evacuation in history, larger than the evacuation of Dunkirk in World War II where 339,000 British and French soldiers were rescued over the course of nine days. On 9/11, nearly, 500,000 civilians were rescued from Manhattan by boat. It took less than nine hours."

• True

• False