Business Card
- Description
- Cantor Fitzgerald business card for Nigel Bruce Thompson.
- Historical Notes
- Born in Sheffield, England, Nigel Thompson came to the United States in the 1990s. He lived with his wife, Rosana, in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. A fitness buff, Nigel regularly walked from home across the Brooklyn Bridge to his office in the North Tower. He was a senior foreign exchange broker at Cantor Fitzgerald. On September 11, Nigel was at work on the North Tower’s 105th floor. He was 33 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.2016.33.5
- Dimensions: 2 in X 3.5 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 5.08 cm X 8.89 cm
- Source: Rosana E. Thompson
- Credit Line: Gift of the Thompson family
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