Built in the shadow of the twin towers, the Blarney Stone never quite recovered after 9/11, but thanks to Discovery Channel's "Construction Intervention" they're getting a second chance. The show's host Charlie Frattini uses his construction skills to help businesses in danger of closing from shoddy construction work. The Blarney Stone suffers from leaky sinks, broken bar stools and termites, and rises in rents meant the owners couldn't do much to fix the problems. But Frattini was able to save the pub, which opened in 1968, in four days. He told the Daily News, "When 9/11 happened, the Blarney Stone opened its doors to the rescue workers, and they kept this place open for nothing. And that's one of the reasons I just had to come down here, because it was time to give something back to them."
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