Rescue and Recovery Effort After the September 11, 2001 Attacks 15
Rescue and Recovery Effort After the September 11, 2001 Attacks 15 : Recovery efforts: (3) Reuse of Steel: Some of the steel was reused for memorials. New York City firefighters donated a cross made of steel from the World Trade Center to the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Company. The beam, mounted atop a platform shaped like the Pentagon, was erected outside the Shanksville's firehouse near the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93. Twenty-four tons of the steel used in construction of USS New York (LPD-21) came from the small amount of rubble from the World Trade Center preserved for posterity. (4. 4) Hazards: Hazards at the World Trade Center site included a diesel fuel tank buried seven stories below. Approximately 2,000 automobiles that had been in the parking garage also presented a risk, with each containing, on average, at least five gallons of gasoline. Once recovery workers reached down to the parking garage level, they found some cars that had exploded and burned. The United States Customs Service, which was housed in 6 World Trade Center, had 1. 2 million rounds of ammunition and weapons in storage in a third-floor vault, to support their firing range
No records Found