taliban it was over. jillian: what about now? absolutely. it is out and you saw the attack on the airport inside their country and everything but who knows what is going on, we don t know. it will be the same we saw prior to 9/11. jillian: thank you for joining us, appreciate it. todd: we are remembering those from the fallout of the tragedy. harry wanamaker worked for 3 straight days before passing away from cancer in 2010. janice dean remembers 37 year. the rain has started. i m trying to hold off the rest of the morning but it is appropriate this morning.
my dad harry wanamaker was there for 37 years. the last 5 years of his career he served on this boat. reporter: tell me about this day, this is the only water source. he wasn t working that morning, he called each of my siblings and my mom and said came down voluntarily. we are under attack, i don t know, i will do my best to come home. reporter: i have heard so many stories where these guys were working that day, kissed their kids goodbye and came to lower manhattan and said this was what provided all the water for so many days. infrastructure all collapsed under the towers, there were no hydrants to provide water. after doing some rescue missions
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NEW YORK – The Fireboat John McKean might have figured out this retirement thing after all.
Purchased at auction in 2016 for $57,400, by Westchester restaurateurs Michael Kaphan and Edward Taylor the McKean, which ferried people to safety and pumped water to the smoldering World Trade Center on 9/11, has had a peripatetic five years.
It has been acting more like a Manhattan socialite than a hard-working former member of the FDNY. It flirted with the restaurant business, had run-ins with NIMBY suburban neighbors who complained it blocked their river views, has had some work done and rode out the pandemic out of town.
Retired FDNY fireboat to open as a floating museum
Retired fire boat now a floating museum
The John D. McKean was an FDNY fire boat from 1955 until 2010. It was sold at auction and then restored so it can go on display as a floating museum.
NEW YORK - A fireboat that took part in some of New York City s most high-profile response and rescue efforts is about to open to the public as a floating testament to history.
The John D. McKean, named for Marine Engineer John D. McKean, who was burned in a gas explosion on another fireboat, went into service in 1955. In 2001, it played a major role in the response to the Sept. 11 attacks.