Utility Belt
Photo credit: 9/11 Memorial staff
Accession Number: C.2012.586.2
Dimensions: 41 in X 9 in X 3 in
Dimensions (Metric): 104.14 cm X 22.86 cm X 7.62 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 104.14 cm X 22.86 cm X 7.62 cm
Source: Ret. Lt. David Lim
Credit Line: Gift of Lt. David W. Lim, Port Authority Police Department
Keywords
First Responders
Port Authority Police Department (PAPD)
Survivors
World Trade Center: Dust
Worn or Used on 9/11
First Responders
Port Authority Police Department (PAPD)
Survivors
World Trade Center: Dust
Worn or Used on 9/11
Description
Black leather and canvas utility belt with attached holster, handcuff pouch, radio clip, and case for chemical sprays or flashlight. The belt is covered in dust and detritus. All compartments are empty.
Black leather and canvas utility belt with attached holster, handcuff pouch, radio clip, and case for chemical sprays or flashlight. The belt is covered in dust and detritus. All compartments are empty.
Historical Notes
Port Authority Police Department officer Lieutenant David Lim, who survived the North Tower collapse, wore this black leather and canvas utility belt on 9/11.
Port Authority Police Department officer Lieutenant David Lim, who survived the North Tower collapse, wore this black leather and canvas utility belt on 9/11.
Curator's Comment
Port Authority Police Department Lieutenant David Lim and his trained bomb-sniffing canine partner, Sirius, were in the basement of the South Tower when hijacked Flight 11 struck the North Tower. Certain that people would need assistance, Lim decided he would be most effective responding on his own. Securing Sirius in his kennel, Lim promised to return for him.
Lim aided in the evacuation of the North Tower. He had climbed to the 44th floor when he heard a loud rumble, unaware that this sound was the South Tower collapsing. Reversing course, he later joined firefighters assisting a woman in distress and was helping to carry her down from the fifth floor in stairway B when the building collapsed. Sheltered within the stairwell, Lim and the group survived, and his radio still functioned. Rescuers heard their calls for help and extricated them. Emergency personnel transported Lim to St. Vincent’s Hospital, overruling his wish to search for his canine partner. Sirius’s remains, found in 2002, were given a ceremonial escort out of the site.
HIDE
Port Authority Police Department Lieutenant David Lim and his trained bomb-sniffing canine partner, Sirius, were in the basement of the South Tower when hijacked Flight 11 struck the North Tower. Certain that people would need assistance, Lim decided he would be most effective responding on his own. Securing Sirius in his kennel, Lim promised to return for him.
Lim aided in the evacuation of the North Tower. He had climbed to the 44th floor when he heard a loud rumble, unaware that this sound was the South Tower collapsing. Reversing course, he later joined firefighters assisting a woman in distress and was helping to carry her down from the fifth floor in stairway B when the building collapsed. Sheltered within the stairwell, Lim and the group survived, and his radio still functioned. Rescuers heard their calls for help and extricated them. Emergency personnel transported Lim to St. Vincent’s Hospital, overruling his wish to search for his canine partner. Sirius’s remains, found in 2002, were given a ceremonial escort out of the site.
HIDE
