The beams, the largest of which weighs 35 tons, were forged in Luxembourg and shipped to Banker Steel Co., which affixed to them 6-inch plates from Germany to make them stronger.The first shipment of steel is heading to NYC today. Gothamist has more, including photos.
Three of the beams were painted white to display messages from the public.
The steady stream of people made their mark on the fixtures one day after New York Gov. George Pataki and 100 workers steelworkers signed their names and held a ceremony honoring the completion of the first nine beams.
Pataki also commented on the future of redevelopment at Ground Zero when his term is up and Eliot Spitzer takes over.
Pataki said he wasn't concerned that redevelopment plans would change or be disrupted once he leaves office in January, when Eliot Spitzer will be sworn in.Meanwhile, the 9/11 conspiracy theorists are getting more play by CBS News, despite the fact that they're short on facts, logic, and it doesn't matter if there's a bunch of academics who are running around saying that the government lied about 9/11 because someone without any engineering background questions how much time it took for the towers to collapse after being hit by jetliners. They're conspiracy theorists because they can't wrap their heads around the fact that Islamic terrorists would do such a thing as crash planes into skyscrapers, and the resulting attacks could cause their eventual collapse.
"The memorial, the transportation hub, the Freedom Tower (are) under construction," Pataki said. "There's so much momentum and so much emotional understanding of the importance of doing this right that I believe it will simply continue."
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