Wild Blue Steakhouse Napkin, World Trade Center
notes: label: Description
content: Description: This cloth napkin came from Wild Blue, a steakhouse located in the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
label: Description
content: Context: In December 2001, firefighter Rocky Rainondi found this cloth napkin in the World Trade Center debris. He mailed it to Michael Lomonaco, who had been the steakhouse’s Director and Chef. Wild Blue was part of the Windows on the World complex, which included multiple dining rooms and the Greatest Bar on Earth. The restaurant was located on the 107th floor of the North Tower. On September 11, 2001, terrorists flew a hijacked planed into the North Towers of the World Trade Center, impacting floors 94-98.
label: Description
content: According to newspaper reports, 99 percent of the people below the points of impact survived. Yet for those above the impact zones or trapped in elevators, there was no escape.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: recovered
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
topic: label: associated subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
label: related event
content: Attack on the World Trade Center
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
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content: September 11
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Michael Lomonaco
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0110.01
label: accession number
content: 2004.0110
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0110.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Napkin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 63 cm x 59.5 cm; 24 13/16 in x 23 7/16 in