Interesting Stuff: Shes finally here....the USS New York!!! As you scroll down, notice the twin towers on top. Here SHE is, the USS New York, made from the scrap steel 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. She 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 ships 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 cant keep us down. Were going to be back. The USS New York motto? Never Forget Please keep this going so everyone can see what we are really made of in this country! God bless the Men & Women of our Armed Forces! God bless the United States of America!!!
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:30:59 +0000
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