13 Oct 2009
NEW ORLEANS — Peering through thick fog, hundreds stood on the banks of the Mississippi River early Tuesday and cheered as the latest piece of naval history cut through the haze and belched its horn.
The onlookers waved flags at the New York, a freshly built 684-foot Navy warship slowly making its way to New York City, where it will be commissioned in early November and renamed the USS New York.
World Trade Center Timeline
| 2001 Sep 11 |
Hijacked American Airlines Flights 11 and 175 Crash into the World Trade Center's North and South Towers, Destroying Both
This was one of those events where I remembered exactly where I was and what I was doing. I had arrived at my office at 541 N. Fairbanks in Chicago when my wife called to tell me that a p...
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| 2009 Oct 13 |
USS New York (warship built with steel salvaged from World Trade Center) is launched
NEW ORLEANS — Peering through thick fog, hundreds stood on the banks of the Mississippi River early Tuesday and cheered as the latest piece of naval history cut through the haze and belch...
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| 2011 Sep 8 |
Release of New Audio Recordings from September 11 Attacks
"Did you just say somethin' hit the World Trade Center?" an incredulous military official asked shortly after the beginning of America's terrorism nightmare on September 11, 2001.
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