Missing Poster
Photo credit: 9/11 Memorial staff
Accession Number: C.2012.101.3
Dimensions: 11 in X 8.25 in
Dimensions (Metric): 27.94 cm X 20.955 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 27.94 cm X 20.955 cm
Source: Sisters of Charity, New York
Credit Line: Gift of Sisters of Charity of New York, St. Vincent’s Hospital
Description
Missing poster for R. Mark Rasweiler. The poster is printed in color and has a photograph of Rasweiler in the center with printed text: "MISSING | One World Trade Center, 100th Floor | Height: 5'8" | Weight: 185 lbs. | Hair: Brown w/ grey beard | Eyes: Blue | Age: 53 | Roger Mark Rasweiler | (a.k.a., R. Mark Rasweiler or Mark Rasweiler) | Any information, please call."
Missing poster for R. Mark Rasweiler. The poster is printed in color and has a photograph of Rasweiler in the center with printed text: "MISSING | One World Trade Center, 100th Floor | Height: 5'8" | Weight: 185 lbs. | Hair: Brown w/ grey beard | Eyes: Blue | Age: 53 | Roger Mark Rasweiler | (a.k.a., R. Mark Rasweiler or Mark Rasweiler) | Any information, please call."
Historical Notes
Mark Rasweiler was born in Brooklyn. He and his wife, Susan, had two grown daughters and lived with their teenage son in Flemington, New Jersey. On weekends, Mark and his son went canoeing on a stream near home to fish for smallmouth bass and trout. A vice president at Marsh & McLennan, Mark was at work there on the 100th floor of the North Tower on September 11. He was 53 years old.
Mark Rasweiler was born in Brooklyn. He and his wife, Susan, had two grown daughters and lived with their teenage son in Flemington, New Jersey. On weekends, Mark and his son went canoeing on a stream near home to fish for smallmouth bass and trout. A vice president at Marsh & McLennan, Mark was at work there on the 100th floor of the North Tower on September 11. He was 53 years old.
Curator's Comment
As they watched news coverage of the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11, the family of R. Mark Rasweiler, a vice president at Marsh & McLennan on the 100th floor of the North Tower, remained hopeful that he would be found alive, possibly hospitalized or in shock and wandering. That afternoon Rasweiler’s daughter Lindsey, who worked in advertising, launched an effort to find him. Recalling pictures of missing children on milk cartons, she and her coworkers created a missing poster, believed to be one of the first to appear after 9/11. Armed with 500 fliers, her siblings, Caryn and Michael, traveled into Manhattan from New Jersey on September 12, placing posters into the hands of strangers and posting them near hospitals and throughout the city. For the next several days, Lindsey remained home with her mother, Susan, answering telephone calls from people who had seen the poster. Like other missing posters, it eventually became a memorial as the family confronted the reality that Rasweiler would not be coming home.
HIDE
As they watched news coverage of the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11, the family of R. Mark Rasweiler, a vice president at Marsh & McLennan on the 100th floor of the North Tower, remained hopeful that he would be found alive, possibly hospitalized or in shock and wandering. That afternoon Rasweiler’s daughter Lindsey, who worked in advertising, launched an effort to find him. Recalling pictures of missing children on milk cartons, she and her coworkers created a missing poster, believed to be one of the first to appear after 9/11. Armed with 500 fliers, her siblings, Caryn and Michael, traveled into Manhattan from New Jersey on September 12, placing posters into the hands of strangers and posting them near hospitals and throughout the city. For the next several days, Lindsey remained home with her mother, Susan, answering telephone calls from people who had seen the poster. Like other missing posters, it eventually became a memorial as the family confronted the reality that Rasweiler would not be coming home.
HIDE
