9-11

[Oma]

Just wanted to honor the people who's lives were lost on 9-11. I can't see that date (when writing a check, when posting to a message board...) without the events of that day coming to mind.

Peace...

[TheWatchman]

I hear ya. As I was writing yesterdays transactions in the checkbook (my wife would be proud http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif)I realized it had been two years already.

What I think is really cool is that they are using all the steel leftover from the WTC buildings and are building a destroyer or at least some Navy vessel out of it. It will be called the SS NY or something like that. I think that is a great idea and what a way to carry on a legacy.

I am sure that Auburn Annie will provide us with all the details and a link to follow about this project, which is well underway. I saw some pics of them welding etc. on it already.

[Auburn Annie]

From the Marine Corps News:

The Spirit of Freedom forged in Steel
Submitted by: Marine Forces Reserve
Story Identification Number: 200391181747
Story by Cpl. Ryan J. Skaggs

MARINE FORCES RESERVE, New Orleans(Sept. 11, 2003) -- The memories of the September 11th tragedies of 2001 took on a new shape Sept. 9 at Amite Foundry and Machine Inc., in Amite, La. Molted Steel from Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site was resurrected to become the leading piece of the USS New York Landing Platform Dock (LPD) 21, the fifth of 12 new San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships to be built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems for the Navy-Marine Corps Team.

"This piece of steel has been washed by the tears of Americans and hardened by the millions of prayers around the world," said Dr. Philip A. Dur, president, Northrop Grumman. "It is our hope that we can bring strength and victory to this steel and to the whole of LPD-21 USS New York."

The structural steel, which came in a beam approximately 20 feet long and weighing between 20 and 30 tons, was extricated from the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island where the World Trade Center wreckage was dumped. It is believed to have been part of the south tower, the second to be hit by a jetliner hijacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001, but the first to collapse.

The steel was trucked south to Amite, La., where it was chopped and sized to fit in a cauldron, then heated to 2,850 degrees Fahrenheit and melted down. The molten steel was cast in the mold of a bow-stem, the foremost section of the hull on the water line that slices through the water.

"The spirit and traditions of service and sacrifice that have made our nation great have been rekindled in the ashes of the World Trade Center and will be poured strong and resolute in the steel we pour here today," said U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Philip Balisle, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command.

The USS New York, the fifth ship in more than a 200 year legacy to share its title, earned its namesake during a ceremony held Sept. 7, 2002, aboard the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York Harbor by the Honorable Gordon England, former Secretary of the Navy. It is named in honor of the state, the city and the victims of Sept. 11, 2001.

"This new class of ships will project American power to the far corners of the Earth and support the cause of freedom well into the 21st Century," said England. "USS New York will play an important role in our Navy's future and will be a fitting tribute to the people of the Empire State."

The 684-foot-long ship is capable of carrying a Navy crew of 363 and 699 Marines. The ship will be used to transport and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked air cushions, conventional landing craft or amphibious vehicles. It will be augmented by helicopters or vertical take off and landing aircraft in amphibious assault special operations or expeditionary warfare missions. The USS New York is scheduled for active duty in 2007.

"Whenever this ship sails, the spirit and memory of the men and women who lost their lives that day, will go with it," said the Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, acting Secretary of the Navy. "The USS New York will not be a monument of tragedy. It will be a symbol of our strength and ability to rebuild and come back stronger than ever."

[DMD3]

I still remember what I was doing when I saw what was happening on a TV from far off. I was in the library listening to this poet speaking when several students were looking back and I looked back too and began watching a TV with the news on it. Boy, am I glad that day is over, and I would'nt go back thru it for nothing. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.corfid.com/ubb/frown.gif

[Oma]

Thanks for the post, Annie.

[Borderstone]

9-11/9-11,more than that are now in heaven.
I think that says it best.