PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The hard-hats at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding turned the pain of 9/11 into a positive by taking seven tons of steel from the World Trade Center and turning them into three warships in defense of America. Those ships: USS New York, complete with a bow made from tons of that WTC steel;’ USS Arlington, named for Arlington, Va., where Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon; and USS Somerset, named for Somerset County, Pa., where Flight 93 went down after its passengers tried to retake the plane from terrorists. John Wilson helped build the New York. When members of the HII team went to New York’s commissioning in NYC they “got to meet some of those people and survivors and their families. That was absolutely gut-wrenching,” Wilson said. I remember people on the side of the river holding American flags, and sitting there thinking this is such an awesome moment...it puts in perspective everything we do at the shipyard,” said HII worker Sarah Trawick. (Source: WLOX 09/09/21) Ingalls employees reflect on post 9/11 shipbuilding (wlox.com)
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