THE WORLD COMES FULL CIRCLE rescue personnel, Read helped set up a field hospital in Liberty State Park in Jersey City. The park sits west of lower Manhattan with direct access to ferry lines certain to be used as part of an emergency evacuation route. “No patients came. “As Read and others realized what that meant – the towers fell before the expected patients had time to escape – the rescuers made their way to Ground Zero to assist in searching amidst the rubble. “‘The amount of destruc- tion was unfathomable,’ Read said, still choking up at the mention of it. ‘We went into the pile searching for survi- vors, but there weren’t any. Just people’s bodies, not in- tact.’ “Read stayed at the site for five days, numbed by the images flooding his mind and driven by hope of finding someone still alive. “‘It was unbelievable to see all the people working,’ he said. ‘There were no turf wars, there were no officers barking orders, it was just everyone working toward a common goal.’ ‘Drained and exhausted, it took weeks before Read was able to get back on the wa- ter. But when he did, he found the peace and serenity of rowing to be a welcome break from the stressful emotions of his job.”8172 J.R.: “In rowing, I used to be motivated to just pummel the opposition. After 9-1-1, it was all about representing our country, wearing the red, white and blue, honor, pat- J.R.: “I can remember certain moments when our pair really moved to the next step, and one of them was at Henley in 2003 against Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell, the two-time defending World Coxless-Pairs Champion.8175 “Before Henley, the whole U.S. Team was training at the British National Centre on Dorney Lake at Eton. The British Team was also training there. “A week before our Henley heat for the Silver Goblets, we did a four times 1,500m workout with Cracknell and Pinsent on the 8172 Carrie Sheinberg, Rower Finds a Balance, July 20, 2004, ESPN.com 8173 Read, op. cit. 8174 Volpenhein, op. cit. 8175 See Chapter 136. riotism, all the values that make us great.”8173 Bryan: “I’m just a regular guy. J.R.’s a hero.”8174 Henley, 2003 RowTV, The Henley Champions 2003 Cracknell and Pinsent lead by a length with twenty strokes to go. 2291