The National September 11 Collection
The collections we present on this site represent a work in progress. Early collections embody the best efforts of staff across the National Museum of American History to document and preserve a wide range of stories about September 11. Recent collecting efforts have integrated a more collaborative community-based approach to find underrepresented and unknown stories. Each object, as material evidence of the attacks and their immediate aftermath, is a piece of a large and complex story. The collections will grow as we gain historical perspective and a greater understanding of the events of September 11.
La Colección Nacional 11 de Septiembre
La colección que presentamos en este sitio es una obra en progreso. Las primeras recopilaciones plasman los mejores esfuerzos del personal del Museo Nacional de Historia Americana por documentar y preservar una amplia gama de relatos acerca del 11 de septiembre. Los esfuerzos de colección recientes han integrado un enfoque más colaborativo, de base comunitaria, en busca de historias desconocidas o poco representadas. Cada objeto, como evidencia material de los ataques y su secuela inmediata, es un pedazo de una historia larga y compleja. Las colecciones crecerán a medida que ampliemos la perspectiva histórica y la comprensión de los eventos.
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Objects commemorating Pentagon victims
- Description
- This collection of material commemorating the victims of the Pentagon terrorist attack includes a cased medallion and two plaques.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 2002
- maker
- C. Forbes, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2003.0109.03
- accession number
- 2003.0109
- catalog number
- 2003.0109.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Flight 93 Seat Belt
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2004.0142.13
- accession number
- 2004.0142
- catalog number
- 2004.0142.13
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Flight 93 Seat Belt with Bracket
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2004.0142.20
- accession number
- 2004.0142
- catalog number
- 2004.0142.20
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Citibank
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1999
- maker
- Citibank
- ID Number
- 2004.0244.02
- accession number
- 2004.0244
- catalog number
- 2004.0244.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Floor Truss Bracket
- Description
- Description: This damaged structural bracket from the World Trade Center was recovered from the debris pile.
- Context: This viscoelastic damper connected a floor truss to an exterior steel column of the World Trade Center. Building movement caused by wind was a major concern to the architects and engineers designing the 110-story towers. They cleverly mitigated apparent building movement by using these dampers to allow the exterior of the building to sway slightly under wind load, while the floor remained largely stationary.
- The damper and other floor attachment brackets were also a point of failure leading to the towers' collapse. When the intense fire heated the 60 foot-long floor trusses, they eventually distorted and pulled free of their attachments to the exterior columns. As the upper floors of the towers fell, the weight then “pancaked” the lower floors, breaking floor truss attachments unaffected by heat. Each of these huge towers collapsed in about ten seconds.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Date made
- late 1960s/early 1970s
- ID Number
- 2002.0205.04
- accession number
- 2002.0205
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Paragon Plus by Elbeco Trousers
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 2001
- maker
- Elbeco Inc.
- ID Number
- 2002.0309.02
- accession number
- 2002.0309
- catalog number
- 2002.0309.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Page from in-flight manual
- Description
- Lorraine Bay annotated her manual with personal notes to clarify her action in the event of an emergency.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2003.0051.02.02
- accession number
- 200.0051
- catalog number
- 2003.0051.02.02
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Lorraine Lee Key Ring
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1990s
- ID Number
- 2004.0267.03
- accession number
- 2004.0267
- catalog number
- 2004.0267.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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"Next of Kin" label
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.3069.16.06
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3069
- catalog number
- 2012.3069.16.06
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Driver's License
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1990s
- maker
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- ID Number
- 2004.0244.01
- accession number
- 2004.0244
- catalog number
- 2004.0244.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Leslie Whittington Engagement Ring
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Date made
- 1984
- ID Number
- 2005.0020.01
- accession number
- 2005.0020
- catalog number
- 2005.0020.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Port Authority Police Medical Bag
- Location
- Currently not on view
- user
- Mazza, Kathy
- ID Number
- 2003.0145.03
- accession number
- 2003.0145
- catalog number
- 2003.0145.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Airplane Fuselage Piece
- Location
- Currently on loan
- ID Number
- 2004.0142.21
- accession number
- 2004.0142
- catalog number
- 2004.0142.21
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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"Caution" sticker
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2012.3069.03
- catalog number
- 2012.3069.03
- nonaccession number
- 2012.3069
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Page from in-flight manual
- Description
- Lorraine Bay annotated her manual with personal notes to clarify her action in the event of an emergency.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2003.0051.02.03
- accession number
- 2003.0051
- catalog number
- 2003.0051.02.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Page from in-flight manual
- Description
- Lorraine Bay annotated her manual with personal notes to clarify her action in the event of an emergency.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2003.0051.02.04
- accession number
- 2003.0051
- catalog number
- 2003.0051.02.04
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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PASS Alarm
- Description
- Description: The Personal Alert Safety System (PASS) alarm was part of a Scott Pak breathing apparatus that was used in the recovery efforts after September 11, 2001.
- Context: Firefighters carry PASS alarms to notify others if they have fallen or been trapped. Worn on the belt or attached to a coat, the PASS alarm will begin beeping if the firefighter is no longer standing upright. The alarm may only be shut off manually. Throughout the news coverage of September 11, 2001, PASS alarms could be heard throughout the day, until their batteries finally ran out.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- maker
- Antenna Specialists Company
- ID Number
- 2003.0129.01
- accession number
- 2003.0129
- catalog number
- 2003.0129.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Windows On The World Menu
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 2001
- maker
- Glaser, Milton
- ID Number
- 2004.0300.03
- accession number
- 2004.0300
- catalog number
- 2004.0300.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Flight crew log
- Description
- Description: This collection of flight attendant Lorraine Bay's artifacts recovered from the wreckage of United Airlines Flight 93 includes a personal logbook and an in-flight procedures manual.
- Context: The crew of Flight 93 gathered on the morning of September 11, an hour before the scheduled departure, for a routine meeting to discuss the flight. In addition to reviewing the flight plan and the passenger manifest, the flight attendants decided which section of the plane they would service during the flight. Lorraine Bay, a veteran flight attendant with 37 years of experience, would be working in first class. Bay was among the seven crew members and 33 passengers killed when Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2003.0051.03
- accession number
- 2003.0051
- catalog number
- 2003.0051.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Emergency Disaster Services NYC/WTC
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated date
- 2001-09-11
- ID Number
- 2015.0067.03
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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