Showing posts with label World Trade Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Trade Center. Show all posts

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Today is 911 (7 years after that is)


911....

The day that will live in infamy.
On Sept. 11, 2001 some 2900 people supposedly lost their lives to terrorists and thus started the massive "War Machine" that went into effect directly after with the Iraq War following a while later.

Was it a massive government conspiracy as some think it was or was it just one of the worst attacks by terrorists on a nation in man's recent history??

We will probably never know for sure but alot of things I have heard and read in the past few years lead me to think it was planned with some of the most important and influental people in the world to usher in a "New World Order" of sorts for this planet. But I will not go into that today.
Suffice to say that alot of people lost their lives and alot of things happened because of this day and we will all be feeling the effects of this day for many years to come.

I remember viewing the 911 site in NYC when I was out there a few years ago. The park where they have the big massive brass ball that was in the center of one of the towers that survived (a bit damaged but still recognizable) and the trade center site itself with the plaques with all the names of the people that died in the towers and the police and firemen who also died trying to help with things....I will never forget all of that and I am glad I got a chance to personally see the site in my lifetime.

A multimedia exploration of what the plans are for the site can be seen by clicking on the link below:



My favorite local paper also has an article on things happening today with rememberences and things regarding the anniversary. Is it right to call it an anniversary??

Clicking on link below will bring up the JS Online article:
JS Online: Associated Press News

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

A Ship built from the metal of the World Trade Center??


I just came upon this on the internet....


USS New York


It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the WorldTrade Center .


It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operation s against terrorists.


It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.


Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship's bow section.

When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. "It was a spiritual moment for everybody there."

Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up." "It had a big meaning to 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"