Object Details
maker
Skilcraft, The Chicago Lighthouse
Description
Description: This Skilcraft electric wall clock, which hung in the Pentagon helipad fire station, was knocked to the ground by the impact of American Airlines flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon.
Context: When terrorists flew American Airlines flight 77 into the Pentagon, the crash nearly took the nearby Pentagon helipad firehouse with it. The concussion caused the ceiling of the firehouse to collapse, temporarily trapping firefighter Dennis Young in the fallen debris. The blast also knocked this clock from the wall, freezing it at 9:32. The airplane actually struck the Pentagon at 9:38 am; apparently the clock was six minutes slow.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Dennis C. Young
Date made
2000
ID Number
2002.0278.01
accession number
2002.0278
catalog number
2002.0278.01
Object Name
Clock
Measurements
overall: 1 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in; x 3.175 cm x 31.75 cm
recovered
United States: Virginia, Pentagon
United States: Virginia, Pentagon
See more items in
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_1193681