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World Trade Center Steel Sails Back to NY

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(Newser) – Seven and a half tons of steel from the fallen World Trade Center towers returned to New York today, reconstituted as the bow of a newly launched Navy warship. The crew of USS New York stood at attention for a 21-gun salute as the $1 billion amphibious dock landing ship sailed past Ground Zero. "I thought about my son, how proud he is and all of them, how proud they'd be at this moment," the mother of a firefighter who died on 9/11 told the Daily News. The ship will be christened Saturday.

The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes Statue of Liberty as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York.
The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes Statue of Liberty as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The framework of the Freedom Tower, lower center, is shown in this aerial photo of the World Trade Center, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York.
The framework of the Freedom Tower, lower center, is shown in this aerial photo of the World Trade Center, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
A women with flags in her hair takes a photo as the USS New York passes lower Manhattan, near the World Trade Center site, in New York, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
A women with flags in her hair takes a photo as the USS New York passes lower Manhattan, near the World Trade Center site, in New York, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes the World Trade Center construction site as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York.
The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes the World Trade Center construction site as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes Statue of Liberty as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York.
The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, passes Statue of Liberty as it arrives Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrives in New York. The bow of the $1 billion ship contains about 7.5 tons of steel from the fallen towers.
The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrives in New York. The bow of the $1 billion ship contains about 7.5 tons of steel from the fallen towers.   (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
The USS New York passes the Statue of Liberty while fireboats spray water in New York Harbor, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
The USS New York passes the Statue of Liberty while fireboats spray water in New York Harbor, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Jersey City, NJ, firefighters stand at attention as the Navy assault ship USS New York, built in Louisiana using steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, arrives in New York Harbor.
Jersey City, NJ, firefighters stand at attention as the Navy assault ship USS New York, built in Louisiana using steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, arrives in New York Harbor.   (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in yellow jacket, watches Game 4 of the World Series with sailors and Marines aboard the USS New York as it heads towards New York City, Sunday Nov. 1, 2009.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in yellow jacket, watches Game 4 of the World Series with sailors and Marines aboard the USS New York as it heads towards New York City, Sunday Nov. 1, 2009.   (AP Photo/ Spencer Tucker / Office of the Mayor)
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Netstorm2k9
Nov 2, 09 3:56 PM CST
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bewilderbeast
Nov 3, 09 8:05 AM CST
Me too: Sigh. No chance of the steel being used to make an orphanage or a library or a homeless shelter. No, it must be a warship. They shoulda called it the USS BushCheneyRumsfeld. -------- Remember: "Patriotism is sometimes the last refuge of a scoundrel" (Samuel Johnson, devout Anglican and political conservative, "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history" (1709-1784).
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Cprizzle
Nov 2, 09 4:08 PM CST
I'm proud of this. Reply
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youngblood
Nov 2, 09 4:29 PM CST
Me too, proud of this and proud to be an American. I wonder how many thumbs down I'll get for saying this. Reply
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Unaffiliated
Nov 2, 09 4:53 PM CST
You won't get one from me. For too long, being patriotic has been equated with being conservative. Being patriotic has nothing to do with political affiliation.
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