Object Details
maker
Ettore Products Co.
Description
Brass Ettore Corp. squeegee handle (now missing its brass channel and rubber blade).
When a hijacked airplane struck the north tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, six men, including Polish immigrant window cleaner Jan Demczur, found themselves trapped in an express elevator at the 50th floor. Thinking quickly, Demczur and the others pried open the elevator doors and used this squeegee handle to cut their way through the drywall of the elevator shaft. They squeezed through the hole in the wall, fleeing from the building just minutes before the tower fell.
Location
Currently on loan
Credit Line
Jan Demczur
Date made
1990s
ID Number
2002.0018.01
accession number
2002.0018
catalog number
2002.0018.01
Object Name
Handle
Measurements
overall: 10 cm x 13.5 cm x 3 cm; 3 15/16 in x 5 5/16 in x 1 3/16 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_1029401