Our chief sent this out via email this morning. Thought it was very interesting and made me feel like something good is coming out of the attacks on the WTC

This comes from the urban legend website, but it is true. ABC news carries the story as well. A US Navy assault ship is being built with 24 tons of steel from the World Trade Center. There is no doubt that the ship will play a part in the Global War on Terrorism someday.


With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's
amphibious assault ship, USS New York, has already made history. It
was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center.
It is the fifth in a new class of warship — designed for missions
that include special operations 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'

More information and an artist's rendition of the ship can be found at:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/ussnewyork.asp