Seven and a Half Tons of SteelBy: Janet Nolan Illustrator: Thomas Gonzalez A moving 9 11 story about the USS New York, a navy ship with a bow made from a World Trade Center Tower's beam. Following the events of September 11, 2001, a beam from the World Trade Center Towers was given to the United States Navy. The beam was driven from New York to a foundry in Louisiana, where the seven and a half tons of steel, which had once been a beam in the World Trade Center, became a navy