winstonwolfe:

The World Trade Center sailed into the city this morning.

The USS New York, which has a bow built from 7.5 tons of Twin Towers steel, stopped near Ground Zero as a detail on board fired off a 21-gun salute.

Families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks standing on the north cove then saluted the Navy’s newest warship as it continued up the Hudson.

After the 21-gun salute, petty officers Mike Sullivan and Paul Bershers,who were on watch on the bow, started singing Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind.”

After the Ground Zero stop, the ship escorted by about two dozen tugboats and other vessels headed up the Hudson River toward the George Washington Bridge. After a U-turn there, it was to head south to Pier 88. An official commissioning ceremony is scheduled for Saturday.

via NYP

 This is pretty awesome. 

1. hlrproject reblogged this from brainofg and added:

   We thought this was interesting and moving - and an inspiring use for the remains of the Trade Centers. Never Forget.

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    bowfolk:clingtomymouth:jhnbrssndn:ericmortensen:

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    I’m for universal health-care and all, but that’s one sweet-ass amphibious assault ship. I may re-examine my priorities....

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    My roomie is flexing his brain muscles.

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    What section9 said.

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    I would argue it is a completely unfair comparison. Like comparing secondary education to the interstate highway system....

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    machine made from 9/11 rubble

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    I’m not sure what having a Navy has to do with not having universal health care. I’d argue that we can and should have...

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    Wait a second, we made a WARSHIP out of the WTC?! Are you fucking kidding me?

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    Why settle for a metaphor for the endless cycle of violence, when you can have a literal representation?

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    In addendum to this, I personally find the concept of making a warship out of the WTC both morbid and disturbing. Not to...

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