Identification Tag
Photo credit: Samantha Tepper
Accession Number: C.2023.5.1
Dimensions: 2.5 in X 5 3/8 in X 1/8 in
Dimensions (Metric): 6.35 cm X 12.7 cm X 2.54 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 6.35 cm X 12.7 cm X 2.54 cm
Source: Michael McDonough
Credit Line: Gift of Michael McDonough
Description
Paper identification tag with a thin piece of wire looped through the tag's reinforced hole. The wire is twisted and coils around itself. The handwritten text on the tag is partially faded and reads:
3/2/93 Location #1
West St. Ramp-North Side
Chrysler LeBaron
G2H245 (NY)
SA Apillway [sic: text is faded and illegible] - FBI
On the right side, oriented parallel to the other text and written pen in different handwriting, is additional text that reads: "ITEM #7 | J. Gallagher | FBI NY"
Paper identification tag with a thin piece of wire looped through the tag's reinforced hole. The wire is twisted and coils around itself. The handwritten text on the tag is partially faded and reads:
3/2/93 Location #1
West St. Ramp-North Side
Chrysler LeBaron
G2H245 (NY)
SA Apillway [sic: text is faded and illegible] - FBI
On the right side, oriented parallel to the other text and written pen in different handwriting, is additional text that reads: "ITEM #7 | J. Gallagher | FBI NY"
Historical Notes
Mike McDonough worked in various automotive capacities for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey between 1982 and 2010. After the February 26, 1993, bombing at the World Trade Center, McDonough became responsible for repairing and servicing agency vehicles that were towed to the PA’s Tech Center in Jersey City. McDonough recognized the Chrysler LeBaron as the vehicle belonging to Katharine MacKay, the wheelchair-bound Assistant Executive Director of PANYNJ who drove the modified car to and from her job at the World Trade Center. McDonough recalls that after the bombing, McKay’s car was the first to arrive at the Tech Center, where he removed the FBI identification tag and kept it as a reminder of the tragedy.
Mike McDonough worked in various automotive capacities for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey between 1982 and 2010. After the February 26, 1993, bombing at the World Trade Center, McDonough became responsible for repairing and servicing agency vehicles that were towed to the PA’s Tech Center in Jersey City. McDonough recognized the Chrysler LeBaron as the vehicle belonging to Katharine MacKay, the wheelchair-bound Assistant Executive Director of PANYNJ who drove the modified car to and from her job at the World Trade Center. McDonough recalls that after the bombing, McKay’s car was the first to arrive at the Tech Center, where he removed the FBI identification tag and kept it as a reminder of the tragedy.
