'It would almost be a resurrection' for victims of NYC attack'
In tribute to victims of the 9-11 attack on New York City, the U.S. Navy is using 10 tons of steel from the World Trade Center to build a new warship that will help defend the nation from terrorism.
The USS New York, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is scheduled to be commissioned in 2008, according to the European edition of the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes.
Patrick Cartier told the paper the ship is an honorable way to remember his son, James Marcel Cartier, who was killed when the South Tower collapsed.
"You've got the very soul of the event in that mangled steel, and all of that steel which housed all the people fell along with them and they were all consumed in that terrible fireball and that collapse," Cartier said.
The New York City man said using the steel "would almost be a resurrection" for those who died in the attacks.
New York City firefighter Bill Butler called it a "great testament to the strong will of the people who died that day."
Butler, who was in the North Tower when it collapsed, said the New York Fire Department supports U.S. troops.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with them every single day and we appreciate them defending our freedom, and we're doing our best on the homefront," he said.
1 comment:
A fitting tribute indeed !
Next we need to make bomb casings from the steel and bomb the mountains in Afghanistan where some of the terrorists are still hiding including Bin Laden, don't forget the pigs blood !
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