Object Details
Description
Description: This boxed commemorative coin (issued earlier as recognition for a job well done) was recovered from the damaged Pentagon office of Maj. Warren Hoy.
Context: Maj. Warren Hoy was a survivor of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon. His office was on the third floor of the D ring (the E ring is the exterior), and was directly above the path of the airplane as it slid through the first and second floors of E, D, and C rings. As the area filled with smoke, he helped an injured fellow worker escape from the building. In the Pentagon attack, 125 employees were killed and 140 were injured; on board the airplane, all 53 passengers, six crew members, and five hijackers were killed.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Warren E. Hoy
ID Number
2002.0273.01
accession number
2002.0273
catalog number
2002.0273.01
Object Name
Coin
Measurements
overall: 3 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm
recovered
United States: Virginia, Pentagon
United States: Virginia, Pentagon
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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
September 11
Data Source
National Museum of American History
associated subject
September 11 Terrorist Attacks
related event
Attack on the Pentagon
September 11th Attacks
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1193275