a london group commissioned miya to create the sculpture. at first she felt the work would be daunting. the daughter of an american father and a japanese mother, she was inspired by the fact that a lot of the steel in the twin towers came from japan. a u.s. government report says almost half the steel was produced by major japanese producers at the time. >> some of it is from japan, it's even more meaningful to myself, as a japanese and american heritage. >> reporter: this steel from ground zero was coated by rust. but after sanding and polishing it, miya made the material reflect like a mirror. miya had seen to it that no one could miss the gleaming surface. >> good morning. >> hi. >> reporter: what does steel from ground zero mean to whose who lost their loved ones? on this day mia met lee ielpi, a griever. he lost his son, jonathan, a firefighter. three months after the attacks, jonathan's body was found amid the steel rubble. >> just piles of steel and in between is where all of the people, the remains are, so they'll come and they'll ho

stay out. >> that is miya shay reporting. >> what was once hurricane lee is now a tropical depression but is causing deadly rains in the south. and in mississippi, 16,000 people are with out power in louisiana and mississippi. slee expected to move up the east coast, threatening to spin off tornadoes and cause flash floods and mudslide autos spencer christian is up next with the accu-weather forecast. >> there is a sunny day, you can expect low clouds to maybe move locally around the bay. and there is coastal fog, temperatures ranging from 54 in the coast. and there is lots of sunshine and just a little bit of fog. temperatures early morning hours will be into 50s and into afternoon, this will be sunny just about everywhere and there is some warm to hot. high temperatures from mid-60s on coast to mid-90s, and a heat wave is just a little one day warm up. i'll have more in the accu-weather forecast. it's coming up later. >> and you've got it, spencer. >> and next at 4:00 leaving golden gate park. a family-owned business is shutting down this labor day. >> i don't know if i need to get

they have a new law, miya shea, abc news. >> knock yourself out there. >> serious people's work is getting done in texas. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> unfortunately. stay with us next for "good morning america." thanks for watching, everybody. enjoy your thursday. >>> in the news this thursday morning, a san jose police officer is under arrest facing charges with having sex with two teenage boys. police say she provided the teens with alcohol at parties at his home. >> the shutdown of solyndra is raising new political questions about a half billion dollar loan to the east bay company to the solar manufacturer. >> and also this morning huge waves is expected to pound the coast this weekend. >> and i'll keep you up u updated how large the waves will be and talk a heat forecast. >> and good morning. thursday morning commute. we have a significant slow down in san jose and overnight road work. details on the way. >> it's thursday. thank you so much for starting your day with us. i'm a kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> a police officer is accused of having sex with

undeterred, coach miya kawashima has found another way to cash in on their popularity. tying up with a local sports club, the team has started a soccer school for young girls. members of the ankwa squad are paid to lead the classes. monthly tuition is about $80. 200 girls are currently enrolled. >> translator: i'm really happy because i can learn from a professional. >> reporter: forward yoko tagashira used to play on a corporate team. when the team was dissolved, she was recruited. as soccer instructors tagashima and nine other team members can now earn a stable monthly income. >> translator: i am thankful to the people around me for enabling me to have a paid career in soccer. >> reporter: the school has set up nine branches throughout fukuoka prefecture. coach kawashima is planning to open more. she has come to a local elementary school to ask for help. the soccer school would like to use its grounds for practice. >> translator: we are asking for cooperation to open new schools one by one. >> translator: it seems like it has become natural for girls to play soccer. >

our population back, and growing, and we're basically reinventing ourselves, and i'll never forget, miya angelou. one of my favorite poets, came to new orleans a year after the storm, and she talked to us and came to the university, and it was packed. she talked about rainbows and clouds and i couldn't follow it at first. the said the thing you must understand is before you get to see a rainbow, you must go through the storm. and the best time to see a rainbow is when the storm clouds are kind of in the distant. half of the sky is dark and half of the sky is bright. that's when you see the brightest rain bow of them awesome we're in that mode right now. we still have a few storm clouds in new orleans but we have some bright clouds in front of us. our population, depends upon who you talk to. the fences -- a little below 80. local demographers in the low to mid-80s. even president bush. i read his book. it didn't quite jive with what i experienced but that's okay. it's his book. we have freedom of speech in this country. he said we're at 87%. so we're somewhere in the mid-80s, i think, an