# Excerpts of John Marschhauser oral history interview conducted by Christine Collins, July 12, 2010

John Marschhauser, a police sergeant for Nassau County, was working at the Far Rockaway Marina on September 11th, 2001. He coordinated rescue operations on police boats transporting first responders across the river to New Jersey. He later worked on the pile at the World Trade Center site. He recalls being motivated by other extreme survival stories to continue searching for survivors and describes the physical illnesses he suffers as a result of his service.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2010
- Runtime: 8 min
- By: Collins, Christine
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2015048_018_Vignette/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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