BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: September 11: Bearing Witness to History

DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: September 11: Bearing Witness to History:

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Description of Pictures: September 11: Bearing Witness to History
September 11, 2002 – July 6, 2003
The personal stories, photographs, and artifacts from the World Trade Towers, the Pentagon, and the Flight 93 crash site in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, commemorate the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The exhibition is made up of 6 sections:

* Entrance: Images of people across the country witnessing the events of September 11, 2001.
* Photo Gallery: Images taken by both professionals and amateurs.
* Object Gallery: Some 50 objects representing the 3 sites.
* Video produced for the museum by ABC News and narrated by news anchor Peter Jennings.
* Individual Witness Stories: 5 interactive stations featuring individual accounts.
* The Ledger: Visitors are invited to share their memories and thoughts of the events.

Among the 50 objects are:

* an apron from Nino's restaurant on Canal Street, which was converted to a resting place for police and firemen
* window squeegee handle used by window washer Jan Demczur to free himself and five others from an elevator in the North Tower
* pieces of structural steel from the World Trade Tower
* a door from a fire truck crushed in the collapse of the World Trade Tower
* airplane fragments found in the wreckage of the World Trade Tower
* a piece of the Pentagon's limestone facade, damaged and charred
* a panel from an aircraft-rescue and firefighting vehicle, parked near the Pentagon when the plane crashed.
* memorial objects left near the Flight 93 crash site in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SIAH91_021216_015.JPG: These shots are from the 9/11 exhibit that the Smithsonian had. Originally, you weren't allowed to take pictures during the exhibit but they changed their mind over time.
2. SIAH91_021216_052.JPG: This camera and press pass were by a photographer who died while covering the story. He liked to get close, seeing people's faces, and he died when the buildings collapsed.
3. SIAH91_021216_070.JPG: This briefcase was owned by a woman named Lisa Lefler who worked on the 103rd floor of one of the towers. It was found intact in the rubble afterward by a guy who called the contact information on the tag, figuring he'd be returning a last remnant to the family of a dead woman. The woman herself answered the phone. She had made it down the steps and the briefcase made it down another way.
4. SIAH91_021216_075.JPG: The shoes were owned by a woman named Maria Cecilia Benavente who found herself on the 103rd floor of the south tower when it was time to run. She lifted her skirt and took off her shoes and ran down 100+ flights of steps. But she kept a hold of the shoes the whole way.
5. SIAH91_021216_079.JPG: A remnant of a famous squeegee. A window washer was stuck in the elevator when the planes hit. He used the edges of the squeegee to cut through the wall of the elevator and escaped with the others on the lift.
6. SIAH91_021216_085.JPG: The phone of Ted Olson, a high-level Bush person, who received a call on it from his wife, flying on Flight 77, describing the hijacking. She died as the plane crashed into the Pentagon.
7. SIAH91_021216_111.JPG: This is the flag that was hung over the Pentagon after the attack
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