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Boatlift 9/11

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Captain JAN (late 40s) and her daughter, BRIT (mid 20s), are working aboard their tugboat in New York Harbor when the unthinkable happens: two airliners slam into the Twin Towers, transforming the Manhattan skyline into a hellscape of fire and smoke. After learning it's a terrorist attack, they speed to Battery Park, knowing survivors will be stranded at the seawall. The tugboat isn't built for passengers, and it takes all of Jan and Brit's skill to keep from capsizing as they load up a boatload of survivors to transport across the Hudson River. The scene becomes more desperate when the towers fall, shrouding the waterfront in plumes of toxic ash. In the chaos, Brit jumps into the river to save a passenger and is swept away. Frantic with worry about her daughter -- who suffers from a kidney condition -- Jan searches fruitlessly in the murky water, ignoring the pleas of passengers to take them out of the debris cloud to safety. But a kind word from one survivor, ERIC (20s), reminds Jan that Brit would want her to carry on helping whomever she can. In the end, Jan delivers the survivors across the river and is reunited with Brit. They are determined to go back for more when a call crackles over the shortwave: "All available boats" are needed to rescue people from Battery Park. Joined by a flotilla of more than 100 other vessels and countless other daring civilians, Jan and Brit work all day, ultimately helping transport 500,000 people to safety in what will become the largest maritime evacuation in history. Inspired by Jan and Brit's selfless actions on that day.

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Dale Fabrigar

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Sofia Helin

Jan

Preslea Elliott

Brit

Hank Northrop

Eric

Tricia Aurand

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Dale Fabrigar

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Synopsis Captain JAN (late 40s) and her daughter, BRIT (mid 20s), are working aboard their tugboat in New York Harbor when the unthinkable happens: two airliners slam into the Twin Towers, transforming the Manhattan skyline into a hellscape of fire and smoke. After learning it's a terrorist attack, they speed to Battery Park, knowing survivors will be stranded at the seawall. The tugboat isn't built for passengers, and it takes all of Jan and Brit's skill to keep from capsizing as they load up a boatload of survivors to transport across the Hudson River. The scene becomes more desperate when the towers fall, shrouding the waterfront in plumes of toxic ash. In the chaos, Brit jumps into the river to save a passenger and is swept away. Frantic with worry about her daughter -- who suffers from a kidney condition -- Jan searches fruitlessly in the murky water, ignoring the pleas of passengers to take them out of the debris cloud to safety. But a kind word from one survivor, ERIC (20s), reminds Jan that Brit would want her to carry on helping whomever she can. In the end, Jan delivers the survivors across the river and is reunited with Brit. They are determined to go back for more when a call crackles over the shortwave: "All available boats" are needed to rescue people from Battery Park. Joined by a flotilla of more than 100 other vessels and countless other daring civilians, Jan and Brit work all day, ultimately helping transport 500,000 people to safety in what will become the largest maritime evacuation in history. Inspired by Jan and Brit's selfless actions on that day.
Director
Dale Fabrigar
Producer
Dale Fabrigar, Nathan Samdahl, Suzanne DeLaurentiis
Screenwriter
Tricia Aurand
Production Co
Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions
Genre
Action, Drama, History
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 11, 2026, Limited