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Old 07-24-2008, 09:56 AM
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I received this text in an email and googled to find the link I've copied below. I thought it was interesting and wanted to share what was apparently a powerful experience for some of those involved.

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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 warships - 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,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'

The ship's motto? 'Never Forget'
USS New York LPD-21 | A ship forged from the steel of the World Trade Center
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Glad to see we did not just ship off all of the scrap to be melted down in another country.
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Glad to see we did not just ship off all of the scrap to be melted down in another country.
Yes, and I like the idea of using the ship made out of that metal to fight the terrorism responsible for the destruction of the WTC. It seems just.
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I find our obsession with 9/11 to be rather morbid.

There's remembrance, and then there's wallowing. I'm thinking we're on the line.
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Who is wallowing?
Just speaking generically, about the whole 9/11 thing.

Yeah, it's kinda cool that we made a ship from the wreckage, but it's approaching "glurge" status, to me.
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I think it's a fitting tribute and an excellent way to turn a negative into a positive.
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I think it's a fitting tribute and an excellent way to turn a negative into a positive.
I agree, and doing that is not wallowing.
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I agree, and doing that is not wallowing.
Maybe well get a resignation out of that comment. It worked for Phil Gramm

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