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.

Description: Fire wardens in the World Trade Center were issued special hats to make them easily identified in an emergency.Context: Fire and emergency training is especially important in a high-rise building.
Description
Description: Fire wardens in the World Trade Center were issued special hats to make them easily identified in an emergency.
Context: Fire and emergency training is especially important in a high-rise building. As part of his job, Michael Hurley, World Trade Center Fire Director, distributed hats, whistles, and flashlights to all the building floor wardens and was responsible for developing and implementing emergency training procedures.
On September 11, Hurley considered staying home to walk his son to the first day of kindergarten, but his wife thought it might make the boy even more nervous. Instead, Hurley went to work, and he soon had to deal with the disaster of a lifetime. As the liaison to the fire department, he worked side by side with the chief in the Fire Command Center in the lobby of the north tower, providing information on stairway configurations, evacuations, and firefighting resources.
As the situation worsened, Hurley was directed to seek a new site for the command center. He was in this location, away from the north tower when it collapsed.
Location
Currently not on view
maker
San Sun
ID Number
2004.0109.01
accession number
2004.0109
catalog number
2004.0109.01
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
2000
ID Number
2002.0019.06
accession number
2002.0019
catalog number
2002.0019.06
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
worn
Giuliani, Rudy
ID Number
2002.0240.01
accession number
2002.0240
catalog number
2002.0240.01
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
battalion chief fdny
Pfeifer, Joseph W.
maker
Fechheimer Brothers
ID Number
2002.0255.05
Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
2004.3067.01
nonaccession number
2004.3067
catalog number
2004.3067.01

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