SEPTEMBER 11
BEARING WITNESS TO HISTORY

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"...they would gently clean the material..."
Jennifer Locke Jones

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"The Smithsonian now has a fire truck door from the New York Fire Department..."
David Shayt
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"...but the honor they were giving to the people, the work they were doing, is represented by these hand tools."
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Charles, Leslie, Zoe and Dana Falkenberg, who perished on September 11, 200...
Donn Marshall wore this particle mask and pair of latex gloves during the rescue efforts at the Pentagon...
These ID badges belonged to Comdr. Patrick Dunn, a victim of terrorist attack on the Pentagon...
A personal beeper that belonged to Jonathan Eric Briley, who worked at Windows on the World restaurant....