Warship Built from Steel Salvaged from WTC Arrives in NY
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The USS New York arrived Monday in New York City.
The warship, which was built with steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, sailed up the Hudson River near Ground Zero, where it fired a 21-gun salute in tribute to those killed in the 2001 attacks, the BBC reported. It was watched by relatives of 9/11 victims, along with members of the emergency services and the public.
The bow of the boat contains 7.5 tons of melted steel from the fallen buildings of the World Trade Center, the BBC reported. The ship's crest includes images of the Twin Towers and features the colors of the city departments that first responded to the terrorist attacks in which nearly 3,000 people died.
"We have to remember. It's a way to honor them," JoAnn Atlas, who lost her firefighter husband in the attacks, told the Associated Press.
The US Navy is to hold an official commissioning ceremony for the new warship on Saturday, the BBC reported.
Rosaleen Tallon, whose firefighter brother was among those killed, told the AP she was pleased that the steel from the towers had been reused in the ship.
"It's a transformation of it from something really twisted and ugly," Tallon said. "I'm proud that our military is using that steel."
