On October 10th, 2001, I captained the M/V Austin Tobin from Sitka, Alaska to Cowichan Bay, Victoria, British Columbia. We arrived in Nanaimo on October 13th, where we worked on the vessel for the next several days before we loaded the vessel onto a freighter in Cow Bay on October 20th. We flew back to Sitka the next day. The freighter took the Tobin down through the Panama Canal and unloaded her in Port Everglades, Florida on November 12th, 2001. I flew from Sitka on November 10th in order to be in Port Everglades when the vessel arrived. I then captained the Tobin up the eastern seaboard to New York City where we arrived on November 21st, just in time for Thanksgiving. I had the opportunity to visit the wreckage at the World Trade Center location a little over two months after 9/11. I delivered the M/V Da Verazono 5 months before 9/11, and delivered the Tobin 2 months after 9/11.
I flew out of New York on November 24th. In all, I made 9 trips from Sitka to Weehawken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from 38th street on Manhattan Island.
The M/V Austin Tobin under construction in Sitka, Alaska.
Fall of 2001
October 13, 2001
Arrived in Nanaimo, BC
October 20,2001
Tobin being lifted out of the water in Cowichan Bay, BC.
October 20, 2001
Tobin being lifted onto the freighter in Cowichan Bay, Victoria, British Columbia
November 10, 2001
Seeing Dad off at the Sitka airport on his way to Florida.
November 12, 2001
Tobin being lifted off of the freighter in Port Everglades, Florida
November 17th, 2001
Saint Augustine, Florida
November 21st, 2001
Arrived in New York, City
November 22, 2001
At Macy's Day Parade.
November 22nd, 2001
Ground Zero
November 22nd, 2001
Ground Zero
November 22nd, 2001
Ground Zero
November 22, 2001
Ground Zero
November 22, 2001
Ground Zero
This is an interesting photo in that the World Trade Center Towers are not in the background.
Photo taken on November 23, 2001
November 23, 2001
The Empire State Building in the background.
I went to the top of the ESB twice while visiting NYC.
