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MindMover

(5,016 posts)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:10 PM Aug 2012

BEAM SIGNED BY OBAMA RAISED AT WORLD TRADE CENTER

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — A steel beam signed by President Barack Obama was lifted into place Thursday at the top of the 104-story One World Trade Center.

A crane atop the building raised the beam from the ground after dozens of people, including construction workers and police officers, added their own signatures near those of the president and first lady Michelle Obama.

It feels really good to be a part of it, said iron worker James Brady, part of the crew that lifted the beam.I feel very proud to be here. I feel very lucky to be here.

On June 14, the Obamas visited the skyscraper that's being built to replace the twin towers destroyed by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. The white beam contains the words One World Trade Center painted in blue. Obama wrote in marker: We remember, ''We rebuild and We come back stronger!



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BEAM SIGNED BY OBAMA RAISED AT WORLD TRADE CENTER (Original Post) MindMover Aug 2012 OP
That is so cool riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #1

riverbendviewgal

(4,252 posts)
1. That is so cool
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:18 PM
Aug 2012

My name is on the antennae of the CN Tower in Toronto...So is my older son and late husband and late younger son. We were so proud.

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