How The Lives Of 5 People Were Transformed By The 9 11 Attacks • the september 11 attacks, commonly known as 9 11, were four coordinated islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al qaeda against the united states in 2001. smithsonian. Window washer jan demczur used his squeegee to pry open the elevator doors where he and five others were trapped. taking turns, they used the squeegee and its metal handle to hack through.
9 11 Artifacts And The Stories They Tell The New York Times A squeegee handle used to save the life of a world trade center window washer and five others; a pentagon name tag for lcdr david tarantino, a navy physician who was in his pentagon office when the hijacked plane hit and went to the damaged section of the building and began searching for injured people; a flight attendant’s log book from. On 9 11, this unassuming squeegee tool saved the lives of six men. as smithsonian recounted in july 2002, window washer jan demczur and five others were riding an elevator in the world trade center’s north tower when their ride suddenly started careening down. Among these artifacts will be a squeegee – a simple tool used by window washers to scrape water off glass. today on new american voices we introduce you to the immigrant from poland who used. Description: jan demczur, a window washer at the world trade center, used this brass ettore corp. squeegee handle (now missing its brass channel and rubber blade) to escape from an elevator on september 11.
Artifacts From The 9 11 Memorial And Museum The Washington Post Among these artifacts will be a squeegee – a simple tool used by window washers to scrape water off glass. today on new american voices we introduce you to the immigrant from poland who used. Description: jan demczur, a window washer at the world trade center, used this brass ettore corp. squeegee handle (now missing its brass channel and rubber blade) to escape from an elevator on september 11. On 9 11, this unassuming squeegee tool saved the lives of six men. as smithsonian recounted in july 2002, window washer jan demczur and five others were riding an elevator in the world trade center’s north tower when their ride suddenly started careening down. It’s just a squeegee, but it’s going to the smithsonian institution. and what a story goes with it. window washer jan demczur was on a break when the first hijacked plane slammed into the north. The metal squeegee handle was used to dig through an elevator shaft, allowing a window washer and five others to flee the north tower of the world trade center before its collapse. He had one tool left: a short metal squeegee handle. they carried on, with fists, feet and handle, cutting an irregular rectangle about 12 by 18 inches. finally, they hit a layer of white tiles.