SEPTEMBER 11
BEARING WITNESS TO HISTORY

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"...they would gently clean the material..."
Jennifer Locke Jones

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"...not the sort of thing we would collect unless it had some extraordinary, iridescent story."
David Shayt
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"...when September 11 happened she knew what she had to do to create this book."
Helena Wright





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Jan Demczur, a window washer at the World Trade Center, used this brass Ettore Corp. squeegee handle...
Donn Marshall wore this particle mask and pair of latex gloves during the rescue efforts at the Pentagon...
This material from Officer Isaac Ho‘opi‘i includes his uniform (shirt with insignia, trousers, boots,...
This uniform was worn by Col. Mark Volk, Chief, Strategic Leadership division, Office of the Army, during...