Here SHE is, the USS New York, made from the World Trade Center!USS New York. It was built with 7 and 1/2 tons of
scrap steel from the World Trade Towers.
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,'recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. 'It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.'Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'
The ship's motto?
'Never Forget'
The ship's motto?
'Never Forget'
1 comment:
This is excellent. I had no idea that they did this. Thanks for posting the information. I researched and wrote about Stephen Lauria on my blog www.nebraska-patriot.com. Stephen was on the 97th floor of Tower 1 on 9-11. It helped me put a human face and remind us all of the human cost of that vile and repugnant act.
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