Fire Truck Door

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New York Fire Department fire truck door, crushed by falling debris from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The door was recovered from Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York, in January 2002.
Fabric from a New York Fire Department fire truck door, crushed by falling debris from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The door was recovered from Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York, in January 2002.
New York Fire Department fire truck door, crushed by falling debris from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The door was recovered from Fresh Kills, Staten Island, New York, in January 2002. This photograph was taken before the spray paint from the recovery operation was removed by museum conservation staff.

Object Details

Description

Description: This collection of New York Fire Department (FDNY) equipment recovered from the debris of the World Trade Center includes a door and tail light panel from a crushed fire truck, two axe heads, and two firefighter’s pry bars.

Context: When the first hijacked plane crashed into the World Trade Center, the New York Fire Department immediately responded. Officers set up a command center in the lobby of the north tower and bravely rushed up the stairs to rescue the trapped occupants and put out the raging fires. When the towers collapsed, numerous trucks were crushed, and 343 members of the New York Fire Department were killed.

This door is from a FDNY rescue pumper truck destroyed in the World Trade Center collapse. The truck belonged to Squad One of Brooklyn, part of FDNY’s Special Operations Command, an elite group of firefighters who respond to unique fire and emergency situations. Squad One lost 12 members on Septmeber 11.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

The New York City Fire Department

ID Number

2002.0055.04

accession number

2002.0055

catalog number

2002.0055.04

Object Name

Truck Door

Measurements

overall: 157 cm x 103 cm x 87 cm; 61 13/16 in x 40 9/16 in x 34 1/4 in

recovery site

United States: New York, Fresh Kills

recovered

United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center

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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 World Trade Center

September 11th Attacks

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-43c2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1001083