Pentagon helipad clock
date: label: Date made
content: 2000
name: label: maker
content: Skilcraft, The Chicago Lighthouse
notes: label: Description
content: Description: This Skilcraft electric wall clock, which hung in the Pentagon helipad fire station, was knocked to the ground by the impact of American Airlines flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon.
label: Description
content: Context: When terrorists flew American Airlines flight 77 into the Pentagon, the crash nearly took the nearby Pentagon helipad firehouse with it. The concussion caused the ceiling of the firehouse to collapse, temporarily trapping firefighter Dennis Young in the fallen debris. The blast also knocked this clock from the wall, freezing it at 9:32. The airplane actually struck the Pentagon at 9:38 am; apparently the clock was six minutes slow.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: recovered
content: United States: Virginia, Pentagon
label: recovered
content: United States: Virginia, Pentagon
title: label: Title
content: Pentagon helipad clock
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dennis C. Young
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0278.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0278
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0278.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Clock
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in; x 3.175 cm x 31.75 cm