U.S. Warship Built with Scrap Steel from the Ruins of the World Trade Center
March 4th, 2008“The trophy is meant to give the murderer the same feelings of power he experienced at the time of the kill.”
—Death Reference, Serial Killers
Via: AP:
The USS New York, an amphibious assault ship built with scrap steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center, was christened Saturday as a source of strength and inspiration for the nation.
Thousands of people, including friends and families of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, gathered near the hulking gray ship, trimmed in red, white and blue banners.
The bow stem, which contains 7.5 tons of steel from the site, bore a shield with two gray bars to symbolize the twin towers and a banner over that declaring “Never Forget,” a slogan among New Yorkers.
“May God bless this ship and all who sail on her,” Dotty England said before smashing a bottle of champagne against it, producing a loud thump to go with the spurting liquid and flying streamers.
Story after story of lives lost in, and touched by, the attacks peppered the ceremony, held under the blazing sun and broadcast on large screens. It all brought back painful memories for New York Police Lt. Matt Murphy. But the reason for his being here, though, was a source of pride, he said.
“I tell you, it’s a fantastic day. Sometimes you think you’re over something,” he said, his eyes welling up as he looked off toward the ship, “and then you realize you’re not completely.”
Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, husband to Dotty, told the crowd that ship names provide a legacy, and that for their crews they serve as a source of strength and inspiration.
When the attacks occurred, the ship was planned but had no name. Then-New York Gov. George Pataki asked the Navy to commemorate the disaster by reviving the name New York. That required an exception to Navy policy of assigning state names only to nuclear submarines.
The steel from the towers is now part of the ship that splices through the water, leading the way.
“It resurrects the ashes, so to speak, to do great things for our nation,” said Bill Glenn, a spokesman for Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, the ship builder.
I was in building 7 on that day. I have no nostalgia. All I have is rage. I never flew a small American flag (made in China) … I guess I read too much as a kid:
“Nazi leader Hermann Goering, interviewed by Gustave Gilbert during
the Easter recess of the Nuremberg trials, 1946 April 18, quoted in
Gilbert’s book ‘Nuremberg Diary.’
Goering: Why, of course, the people don’t want war. Why would some
poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that
he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece.
Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in
England, nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is
understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who
determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the
people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or
a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy the people have some
say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the
United States only Congress can declare wars.
Goering: Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the
bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them
they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of
patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in
any country.”
The simple truth is: we are social animals, given to forming tribes. It is easy to get people to main, steal, and kill, all you have to do is appeal to the basest of instinct: “They are not of our tribe, so they are inferior. Morality and decency do not apply to them, for they are not of the chosen.”
Gee, wish they’d saved some for forensic analysis. Naturally, the AP makes no mention of the lonely fate of the rest of the “scrap.”
Our people died in a building that was melted down to create a killing machine. I’ve ever been so ashamed to be an American.
Brilliant quote-placement at the top of the posting, Kevin.
Well, on the other hand they can reuse it for another false flag… Recycle, reduce, reuse?
My brother-in-law’s aunt was commuting home from work in Hiroshima the day the A-bomb was dropped. She couldn’t quite understand what all the fuss was about on 9-11, although she was sorry to hear about the deaths of innocent people.