Card
Photo credit: Museum staff
Accession Number: C.2008.8.8
Dimensions: 2 in X 3.375 in
Dimensions (Metric): 5.08 cm X 8.5725 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 5.08 cm X 8.5725 cm
Source: James Kazalis
Credit Line: Gift of Jim Kazalis
Description
Morgan Stanley emergency hotline card with printed text: "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | World Trade Center Employee Contingency Hotline | 1-800-869-1039 | Call this number in the event of evacuation or closing of the World Trade Center buildings."
Morgan Stanley emergency hotline card with printed text: "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | World Trade Center Employee Contingency Hotline | 1-800-869-1039 | Call this number in the event of evacuation or closing of the World Trade Center buildings."
Historical Notes
Some companies in the South Tower, including financial services firm Morgan Stanley, initiated their own emergency evacuation plans. Morgan Stanley was the largest World Trade Center tenant, occupying 21 floors in the South Tower. Its 3,700 employees in the South Tower and 5 World Trade Center were drilled for emergencies by the firm’s vice president of security, Richard Cyril Rescorla, a retired U.S. Army colonel. All but eight Morgan Stanley employees and five of its contractors survived the attack.
On 9/11, Rescorla, his deputy Wesley Mercer, and security staff Godwin Forde and Jorge Velazquez reportedly went back upstairs to check the offices again after almost all of the firm’s employees and visitors had safely reached the ground-floor lobby.
Some companies in the South Tower, including financial services firm Morgan Stanley, initiated their own emergency evacuation plans. Morgan Stanley was the largest World Trade Center tenant, occupying 21 floors in the South Tower. Its 3,700 employees in the South Tower and 5 World Trade Center were drilled for emergencies by the firm’s vice president of security, Richard Cyril Rescorla, a retired U.S. Army colonel. All but eight Morgan Stanley employees and five of its contractors survived the attack.
On 9/11, Rescorla, his deputy Wesley Mercer, and security staff Godwin Forde and Jorge Velazquez reportedly went back upstairs to check the offices again after almost all of the firm’s employees and visitors had safely reached the ground-floor lobby.
