The creation of a Navy Warship made with salvaged steel from the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and built by victims of Hurricane Katrina, becomes a symbol of endurance for the United States. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton called it “a symbol of our unshakable resolve”.

Robert Edwin Peary’s exploration was the first ever attempted. After a series of hardships forcing him to abandon the attempt to reach the North Pole, he finally succeeded and was congratulated after experiencing disappointment when another explorer’s claim to fame proved to be spurious.