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Never Forget, may she sail with Honor.
From: Selma Goldwasser ----- Original Message -----
Here SHE is, the USS New York, made from the World Trade Center !
USS New York
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steelfrom the World Trade Center .
It is the fifth in a new class of warship -designed for missions that includespecial operations against terrorists.It will carry a crew of 360 sailorsand 700 combat-ready Marines tobe delivered ashore byhelicopters and assault craft.
Steel from the World Trade Center was melteddown in a foundry in Amite , LA tocast the ship's bow section. Whenit was poured into the molds onSept 9, 2003, 'those big roughsteelworkers treated it withtotal reverence,' recalledNavy Capt. Kevin Wensing,who was there. 'It was a spiritualmoment for everybody there.'
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager,said that when the trade center steelfirst arrived, he touched it with hishand and the 'hair on my neckstood up.' 'It had a big meaningto 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'
Please keep this going so everyonecan see what we are madeof in this country!
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