Identification Card
Photo credit: Museum staff
Accession Number: C.2025.31.5
Dimensions: 2 3/8 in X 3 1/4 in
Dimensions (Metric): 5.08 cm X 7.62 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 5.08 cm X 7.62 cm
Source: Edward Lalor
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Lalor
Description
World Trade Center identification card issued to Edward Lalor at John Hancock. The card includes a color photograph of Lalor on the right side and his name, “LALOR | EDWARD G.” on the left. The card has a green marbled background with "WORLD TRADE CENTER" printed at the bottom and a logo of the towers on the bottom left. The back of the card includes the security level "O" and instructions for the card.
World Trade Center identification card issued to Edward Lalor at John Hancock. The card includes a color photograph of Lalor on the right side and his name, “LALOR | EDWARD G.” on the left. The card has a green marbled background with "WORLD TRADE CENTER" printed at the bottom and a logo of the towers on the bottom left. The back of the card includes the security level "O" and instructions for the card.
Historical Notes
Edward Lalor is a February 26, 1993 survivor. He used this identification card when he worked for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company at the World Trade Center.
Edward Lalor is a February 26, 1993 survivor. He used this identification card when he worked for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company at the World Trade Center.
Curator's Comment
On February 26, 1993, Edward Lalor was living in Cranford, NJ, working in lower Manhattan as a senior account manager for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in the World Trade Center. He was in his office on the 38th floor of the North Tower seated at his desk, about to head to lunch with two of his colleagues, when he felt what he described as “a shockwave,” causing him to jump out of his chair.
Lalor, his coworkers, and a computer technician who was on site that day, decided to stay put and await an announcement from the building’s security office. Unaware that the public address system had been shorted by the thunderous explosion they had overheard—the result of a bomb detonating in basement parking garage—the group decided to towel the office entrance to prevent further smoke infiltration and then retreated to the back of the suite to await the arrival of responding firefighters.
Approximately two hours after the explosion, the smoke had dissipated enough to permit Lalor and his colleagues to head to the emergency exit and begin descending to street level. The stairwells were pitch dark. In response, the Hancock group formed a line, holding onto the railing with their right hands and onto the person in front of them with their left. Once safely out of the building, Lalor joined some of his colleagues for a drink at a local bar before heading home.
HIDE
On February 26, 1993, Edward Lalor was living in Cranford, NJ, working in lower Manhattan as a senior account manager for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company in the World Trade Center. He was in his office on the 38th floor of the North Tower seated at his desk, about to head to lunch with two of his colleagues, when he felt what he described as “a shockwave,” causing him to jump out of his chair.
Lalor, his coworkers, and a computer technician who was on site that day, decided to stay put and await an announcement from the building’s security office. Unaware that the public address system had been shorted by the thunderous explosion they had overheard—the result of a bomb detonating in basement parking garage—the group decided to towel the office entrance to prevent further smoke infiltration and then retreated to the back of the suite to await the arrival of responding firefighters.
Approximately two hours after the explosion, the smoke had dissipated enough to permit Lalor and his colleagues to head to the emergency exit and begin descending to street level. The stairwells were pitch dark. In response, the Hancock group formed a line, holding onto the railing with their right hands and onto the person in front of them with their left. Once safely out of the building, Lalor joined some of his colleagues for a drink at a local bar before heading home.
HIDE
