Hard Hat
- Description
- Plastic hard hat with cap-style brim and interior ratchet suspension belonging to Gregg J. Froehner. The hard hat is blue with the Port Authority Police Department Emergency Service Unit logo on the sides featuring an emergency vehicle and printed text: "NY | POLICE | NJ | PAPD | EMERGENCY SERVICE." Above the logos on both sides of the hat is text: "EMERGENCY | SERVICE" printed in white. The hard hat has a layer of manufactured dust on it.
- Historical Notes
- Hackensack, New Jersey, native Gregg Froehner lived in Chester with his wife, Mary, and their four school-age children. A volunteer firefighter as a teen, Gregg joined the Port Authority after college and rose to be a unit leader for the PAPD’s PATH Emergency Service Unit. On September 11, Officer Froehner responded to the North Tower from his post in New Jersey. He was 46 years old.
Curator's Comment
The dust on this hard hat is not authentic World Trade Center dust. This hat and related uniform attire were donated to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum for an exhibition for the first anniversary of 9/11. Staff at the Intrepid applied manufactured dust to the uniform for purposes of display. The uniform was subsequently transferred to the 9/11 Museum.
- Accession Number: C.2012.653.4
- Dimensions: unavailable
- Source: Mary C. Froehner
- Credit Line: Gift of the Froehner family
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