Ever wonder what happened to the rubble from the Twin Towers?

If you think about it, the devastation of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2009 created an enormous pile of rubble.  Besides the two towers, which were each 110 stories tall, other neighboring buildings had to be demolished to accommodate the removal of the debris, which took over eight months to complete.  Millions of tons of steel, concrete and other materials had to be relocated during that time. But where did it all go? I confess, I had never thought about what might happen to all of that stuff.  It certainly would have been an incredible drain on landfills in the area, but the disposition of these materials was not in the public eye.  I don’t even remember hearing any discussion about where it should be stored. What a delight to find the answer!  Our devastation has become a vehicle for defending our country and our freedoms! Here SHE is! As you scroll down, notice the twin towers on top. Here SHE is, the USS New York, made from the World Trade Center ! USS New York 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.   ‘It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.’                 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.                       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’ Please keep this going so everyone can see what we are made of in this country!