In this May 28, 2002 file photo, ironworkers make sure the path is clear as they remove the last remaining steel beam of the World Trade Center in a ceremony at ground zero in New York.
by Brian Romanoff Nor Cal Truth May 31, 2011
Another day to remember is pointed out by the AP:
While Americans grieved the 9/11 attacks and U.S. troops went to war in Afghanistan, another army, one made up of ironworkers, heavy equipment operators and mason tenders, toiled day and night to clear away the destruction of the World Trade Center’s twin towers in lower Manhattan and recover the bodies of the dead.
In just 8 1/2 months, an estimated 1.8 million tons of twisted steel and pulverized concrete were painstakingly removed, transforming a mountainous pile into a 16-acre hole that became known as The Pit.
By Memorial Day, it was all but over. The day after the holiday, workers cut down the last column of steel still standing at the site.
Incidentally, the steel from 9/11 was on parade this week in New York in the form of a massive war-ship. CBS New York reports:
One of the ships taking part in this year’s Fleet Week is the USS New York, which was built in part using steel from the World Trade Center site.
The U.S.S. New York
On Saturday, the ship was adopted by September 11 families in a special ceremony in Staten Island, reports CBS 2’s Dave Carlin.
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