Business Card
- Description
- Consolidated Edison business card for Richard J. Morgan. The business card identifies Morgan as a Corporate Emergency Response Officer and Vice President, Steam Operations/Construction Management.
- Historical Notes
- Native New Yorker Richard Morgan lived in Glen Rock, New Jersey, with his wife, Patricia. They had four grown children. A vice president of Con Edison’s emergency management department, Richard still descended into manholes and basements to work with his crews. On September 11, he was trying to reach an electrical substation and help firefighters navigate the system near the towers. He was 66 years old.
Curator's Comment
Business cards were ubiquitous survivors of the 9/11 attacks. Among those in the Museum’s collection, most were found in recovered wallets and pocketbooks or retrieved from the paper debris that fell from the towers. Their variety is indicative of the multiplicity of companies and activities anchored at the World Trade Center.
Victims’ relatives and employees of businesses formerly located at the World Trade Center have also donated pristine business cards found at home or in jacket pockets after September 11, 2001. Such cards were often retained as souvenirs of the destroyed landmark or as evidence that placed loved ones at the World Trade Center. Business cards tied to passengers aboard the hijacked aircrafts were also found at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon crash site, and in the impact area of Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Victims’ relatives and employees of businesses formerly located at the World Trade Center have also donated pristine business cards found at home or in jacket pockets after September 11, 2001. Such cards were often retained as souvenirs of the destroyed landmark or as evidence that placed loved ones at the World Trade Center. Business cards tied to passengers aboard the hijacked aircrafts were also found at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon crash site, and in the impact area of Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- Accession Number: C.2012.185.13
- Dimensions: 2 in X 3.5 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 5.08 cm X 8.89 cm
- Source: Kevin Morgan
- Credit Line: Gift of the Morgan family in memory of Richard J. Morgan
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