Editing Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises (section)

== Rescue ==
[[File:Flight1549After20Minutes.ogg|thumb|Video from 20 minutes after [[US Airways Flight 1549]] landed in the Hudson River, with numerous ferries and rescue boats surrounding the aircraft]]
[[File:US Airways Flight 1549 in Hudson cropped.JPG|thumb|right|The plane in the Hudson River surrounded by [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]], [[New York City Fire Department|FDNY]], [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]], and ferryboats]]

In 2001, Circle Line vessels helped transport victims of the [[September 11 attacks]] in the [[Maritime response following the September 11 attacks|maritime evacuation following them]]. Many were brought to what has since become the site of [[Hudson Riverfront 9/11 Memorial]] in [[Weehawken, New Jersey]].

After [[US Airways Flight 1549]] was forced to land in the Hudson River in 2009, Circle Line Sightseeing vessels were among the first to respond.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}