The USS New York, a San Antonio class ship, is being built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, LA, and includes 10 tons of melted World Trade Center steel.in the bow stem of the LPD21.
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The City of Lake Charles, Louisiana, is still working on plans for a 911 memorial. It has two steel beams from the site of the World Trade Center and a piece of limestone from the Pentagon. The beams stand 12-feet high and weigh approximately 2,000 pounds each. The limestone measures 3-feet long by 6-feet wide, and is 6-inches thick. It weighs approximately 700 pounds.
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Lafayette, Louisiana’s Memorial consist of two beams — each 13.5 feet long. The beams stand on a pedestal oriented in the same direction the actual towers faced, and would be surrounded by a pentagon-shaped bench in memory of the attack on the Pentagon building. The northwest section of the bench would be purposefully defaced to correspond to the spot where the building was damaged by terrorists who hijacked American Airlines Flight 77. Careful planning ensured a one to 100 scale for the local monument. Limestone panels from the Pentagon are also included. City-Parish President Comeaux made the decision to construct the memorial in Parc Sans Souci. Lynn Guidry Architects, consultant for the ongoing Central Parks Network, refined the basic design provided by the Public Works Department. M.D. Descant, contractor for the park project, built the memorial. It was dedicated on September 11, 2002, with more than 2,000 people attending.