The World Trade Center, RECYCLED

Here's an ultimate example of recycling - a new military vessel built with 24 tons of scrap steel forged from the World Trade Center, the new USS New York. It is the fifth in a new class of warship, designed for missions th at 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 Amite Foundry and Machine, Inc., in Amite, Louisiana, to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on September 9, 2003, "Those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Captain Kevin Wensing. "It was a spiritual moment for everybody there."


The ship's motto? "Never Forget."

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