Theodore Olson's Telephone
date: label: Date made
content: 1990s
name: label: maker
content: Nortel
notes: label: Description
content: Description: Ted Olson, U.S. solicitor general, received two calls on this office telephone from his wife, Barbara Olson, as her hijacked airplane headed toward the Pentagon.
label: Description
content: Context: Telephones affected the way people experienced September 11. Barbara Olson, a well-known political commentator, made two phone calls to her husband while onboard American Airlines Flight 77 after it was hijacked by terrorists. She learned of the other hijacked planes and discussed with her husband what to do. Despite the terror of the situation, she remained cool and focused; her husband could only console her and listen. At 9:38 am, all fifty-three passengers, six crew members, and five hijackers were killed when the plane crashed into the Pentagon. All over the world, telephones mattered to people that day, as families and coworkers connected with each other to verify their safety or express their love.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated
content: United States: Virginia, Pentagon
label: associated
content: United States: Virginia, Pentagon
topic: label: associated subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: Attack on the Pentagon
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
label: See more items in
content: September 11
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0060.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0060
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0060.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Telephone
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.3 cm x 29 cm x 25 cm; 4 7/16 in x 11 7/16 in x 9 13/16 in