Object Details
Description (Brief)
9-11 / WTC objects. Twisted steel box column stub from the upper floors of one of the World Trade Center building. It is believed that this piece supported a floor in the 90s.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, four commercial airplanes were hijacked by a group of 19 Islamic terrorists. Two of the airplanes (American Airlines Flight 11 & United Airlines Flight 175) were deliberately flown into the upper floors of the World Trade Center buildings (Towers 1&2), in New York City, which led to both of the towers complete collapse. American Airlines Flight 77 was deliberately flown into the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in an open field near Shanksville, PA, avoiding what was believed another target in Washington, D.C.
SI Neg. #2002-5979
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
late 1960s/early 1970s
ID Number
2002.0205.02
accession number
2002.0205
catalog number
2002.0205.02
Object Name
Column Stub
Measurements
overall: 44 in x 16 in x 14 in; 111.76 cm x 40.64 cm x 35.56 cm
place made
United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1182948