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 Here SHE is, the USS New York, made
from the  World   Trade   Center !

 

 

USS New
York

It was built with 24
tons of scrap steel from the  World  Trade  
Center .

It is the fifth in a
new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations
against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready
Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault
craft.

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. They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going
to be back.'

The ship's
motto?

'Never
Forget'

Please keep this going
so everyone can see what we are made of in this country!