Twin Towers steel set for US warship

[Christo]

bit off this, I think

Twin Towers steel set for US warship

Steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York has been sent to a Mississippi shipyard to be used in the construction of a new US warship

The metal was taken from the Fresh Kills landfill in New York, where the debris of the twin towers was dumped after they collapsed in last year's 11 September attacks.

According to reports, a massive structural beam which supported the south tower will be used to build USS New York, an amphibious vessel capable of carrying more than 1,000 soldiers.

The recycling for profit of metal from the twin towers, where nearly 3,000 people lost their lives, has proved to be process fraught with emotion and controversy.

plus icihttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2611059.stm

 

[Christo]

I guess so... but it seems to be a pretty potent symbol of what has actually come out of 11th September.

ie The US attacking other countries immediately in the aftermath of the 11th sept.

 

[Christo]

Originally posted by Stiff_Cookie
Why is it typical of the US? The UK builds there warships out of steel too.

What do people want them to do with it? put it ALL into a muesum? Warships take many years of planning and funding to build, its only been one year. I find it very hard to believe that soon after 9/11 a plan for a warship was in the making and they planned to use the steel. They probably had a plan for a long time now and it just so happens they have a great supplie of steel in which it make it from. The name of the ship may be on purpose but its only a name.

We also have to remember that not ALL of the steel is being used on the ship, there is a LOT of steel in the twin towers. Also the metal is going to be melted down and shaped into different sturctures, so the metal isnt in the same form as the 9/11.

You may well be right, just seems a bit typical of the US if they did do it on purpose.