Yesterday, the Parade of Ships kicked off Fleet Week, with vessels carrying 3,000 Navy, Army, Marine, and Air Force members. There were also Naval F-18 Hornets over the Verrazano Bridge and U.S. Marine Corps jets over the ships.
One of the boats in the parade was the FDNY's new fireboat, which the AP says is the "world's most advanced fireboat," since it "can detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents." It was partly made from WTC steel and is called the Three Forty Three—after the number of firefighters lost on September 11, 2001.
