This has to be one of the more insulting stories I've read in a while. With the economy in the state it is, the creators of this "memorial" outsource part of its construction. Money over patriotism. Shove the tower up your asses. Let us remember the dead another way.
It used to be called the "Freedom Tower," built by Americans in memory of 9/11, but the building planned to be constructed at Ground Zero has had its name changed to One World Trade Center, and according to a Pennsylvania newspaper's editorial, should now be stamped "Made in China."
The editorial board at Harrisburg's Patriot-News made the charge after learning that the tower's first 20 stories, designed to be clad in blast-resistant glass in case of future terrorist ambitions, will now be shielded by glass manufactured … in Beijing.
"Despite the fact that three American glass manufacturers, including Pittsburgh-headquartered PPG Industries, spent months working with the tower architects
to plan and develop a new kind of glass for floors one through 20, none of these American companies was awarded the contract to make the glass," writes the Patriot-News. "That 'honor' is going to Chinese workers, mainly because they get paid so little."
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Not cool.
Anything but putting the Twin Towers back up is a kick in the face to the dead and the country as a whole. Since this was not planned, I'm beyond anything else that happens there.
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