Identification Card
Photo credit: 9/11 Memorial staff
Accession Number: C.2012.477.6
Dimensions: 4.375 in X 2.75 in X 0.375 in
Dimensions (Metric): 11.1125 cm X 6.985 cm X 0.9525 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 11.1125 cm X 6.985 cm X 0.9525 cm
Source: Pia Hofmann
Credit Line: Gift of Pia Hofmann
Description
World Trade Center International Union of Operating Engineers Emergency Management Team identification card issued to Pia Hofmann. The card has a hole punched in the top for a lanyard or key chain and the hole is taped for reinforcement. The front has a graphic of New York State with the IUOE logo on top.
World Trade Center International Union of Operating Engineers Emergency Management Team identification card issued to Pia Hofmann. The card has a hole punched in the top for a lanyard or key chain and the hole is taped for reinforcement. The front has a graphic of New York State with the IUOE logo on top.
Historical Notes
Pia Hofmann was an operating engineer with Local 14 working at Ground Zero during the recovery period. She primarily operated a heavy construction vehicle used to remove debris from around the site.
Pia Hofmann was an operating engineer with Local 14 working at Ground Zero during the recovery period. She primarily operated a heavy construction vehicle used to remove debris from around the site.
Curator's Comment
It took Pia Hofmann, a member of Local 14 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, one week to persuade certain officials that she could handle working at Ground Zero. By the time she arrived on site and was assigned to debris removal, Hofmann had a clear sense of what she wanted to achieve: returning the remains of loved ones to their families. When, after weeks at the site, Hofmann recovered the remains of a civilian, she insisted that the remains be accorded the same honor in removal as had been previously reserved for the remains of uniformed responders. From that day forward, when civilian remains were found, a member of the clergy was summoned, an honor guard formed, and the remains draped with an American flag as they were carried from the site.
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It took Pia Hofmann, a member of Local 14 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, one week to persuade certain officials that she could handle working at Ground Zero. By the time she arrived on site and was assigned to debris removal, Hofmann had a clear sense of what she wanted to achieve: returning the remains of loved ones to their families. When, after weeks at the site, Hofmann recovered the remains of a civilian, she insisted that the remains be accorded the same honor in removal as had been previously reserved for the remains of uniformed responders. From that day forward, when civilian remains were found, a member of the clergy was summoned, an honor guard formed, and the remains draped with an American flag as they were carried from the site.
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