OT-A former sailor's perspective...

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Originally Posted by pythos

If this is true then the people of the United States have once again been lied to. We were told the debris of the tower were to be burried, following investigations. Not recycled, seeing as most victims of that debacle were shredded and became one with the debris.

If the metal from WTC was used to make a new ship, that is tantamont to using the shuttle Columbia, Challenger, and Apollo 1, metal to make the newest heavy bomber.

Pretty damned disgusting, let alone the supersticious part.

I also wouldn't set foot on this new ship. She should not be commisioned, sent out to sea, and sunk, so the souls of those lost in WTC may rest.

I do not remember any official making such a promise. It was my understanding all along that most of the recovered structural steel was to be recycled. Most was removed by barge to New Jersey and subsequently sold to recyclers, mostly in S. Korea and China. Some was sold to a foundry in Georgia to make commemorative medallions. I seem to recall the New York City officials stating (on CNN and CSPAN) very early in the cleanup that this was the intention all along, made very soon after the attacks. The steel was taken to NJ for inspection by investigators, then parceled out for scrap bidding.