Object Details
maker
Dickies
Description
Demczur was wearing these dark blue work trousers, size 34x30.
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 not on view
Credit Line
Jan Demczur
Date made
1993
ID Number
2002.0018.03
catalog number
2002.0018.03
accession number
2002.0018
Object Name
Pants
Measurements
overall: 95 cm x 38 cm x 2 cm; 37 3/8 in x 14 15/16 in x 13/16 in
worn
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_1029403