Seven and a Half Tons of Steel
By Janet Nolan
September 11, 2001 is a day that no American will ever forget. A whole country watched in horror as the World Trade Center fell. We cried as a country. While workers worked in Ground Zero, they removed a seven and a half ton steel beam that was once a part of the World Trade Center. That beam was melted down and became the bow of the Navy ship USS New York. This is the story of that very special ship.