Button
- Description
- Memorial button created in memory of Robert William O'Shea. The button is white with a red heart in the center. Printed text inside the heart reads: "9-11-2001 | Robert W. O'Shea | We Will Never Forget." "Rolling Requiem" is printed repeatedly around the border of the button.
- Historical Notes
- Native New Yorker Robert O’Shea lived in Wall, New Jersey, with his wife, Barbara. He enjoyed Saturday social hours with friends—some of whom he knew from childhood in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood—and going to the beach with his extended family. Robert was a senior crude oil broker at Carr Futures. On September 11, he was on the 92nd floor of the North Tower. Robert was 47 years old.
Curator's Comment
For the Rolling Requiem project, choirs around the world sang Mozart’s Requiem at 8:46 a.m. local time on the anniversary of September 11.
- Accession Number: C.2011.1072.11
- Dimensions: 3 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 7.62 cm
- Source: Barbara Lynch
- Credit Line: Gift of the O’Shea Family
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