Object Details
user
Lefler, Lisa
maker
Heritage
Description
Lisa Lefler's briefcase was recovered from the World Trade Center wreckage.
World Trade Center workers had varied experiences on September 11. While about 2,200 office workers were killed, over 20,000 managed to escape the Twin Towers.
When the first plane struck the north tower, Lisa Lefler, an Aon Risk Services executive, immediately evacuated her 103rd-floor office in the south tower. In her haste she left her briefcase behind. Seventeen minutes after the north tower was hit the south tower was struck, cutting off the escape path above the 78th floor. Fifty-six minutes later, the entire building collapsed, killing 175 of Lefler's fellow Aon employees.
Several days later, Boyd E. Harden, a rescue worker at Ground Zero, found the briefcase in the debris near Church and Liberty Streets and returned it to Lefler.
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
2002.0053.01
accession number
2002.0053
catalog number
2002.0053.01
Object Name
Briefcase
Measurements
overall: 35 cm x 44 cm x 10 cm; 13 3/4 in x 17 5/16 in x 3 15/16 in
used
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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1000867