Belt
Photo credit: Michael Hnatov
Accession Number: C.2011.1162.1
Dimensions: 4 in X 42.5 in X 9 in
Dimensions (Metric): 10.16 cm X 107.95 cm X 22.86 cm
Dimensions (Metric): 10.16 cm X 107.95 cm X 22.86 cm
Source: Karen Eckert
Credit Line: Gift of the families of Sean Rooney and Beverly Eckert
Keywords
Family Members
Victim Personal Property
Victim Personal Property: Athletics, Hobbies, and Skills
Victims
Family Members
Victim Personal Property
Victim Personal Property: Athletics, Hobbies, and Skills
Victims
Description
Brown leather tool belt belonging to Sean Paul Rooney. The belt is light and dark-brown varied leather and cinches tight around the waist with a double prong buckle. The belt has several empty compartments for holding tools; one small compartment has a small lead pencil still in it.
Brown leather tool belt belonging to Sean Paul Rooney. The belt is light and dark-brown varied leather and cinches tight around the waist with a double prong buckle. The belt has several empty compartments for holding tools; one small compartment has a small lead pencil still in it.
Historical Notes
A native of Buffalo, New York, Sean Rooney lived with his wife, Beverly, in Stamford, Connecticut. In the yard of the Victorian house he had restored, Sean planted shade trees and herbs that he used for cooking. Sean was a vice president at Aon Corporation in the claims division, on the South Tower’s 98th floor. On September 11, he called his wife from the 105th floor. Sean was 50 years old.
A native of Buffalo, New York, Sean Rooney lived with his wife, Beverly, in Stamford, Connecticut. In the yard of the Victorian house he had restored, Sean planted shade trees and herbs that he used for cooking. Sean was a vice president at Aon Corporation in the claims division, on the South Tower’s 98th floor. On September 11, he called his wife from the 105th floor. Sean was 50 years old.
Curator's Comment
On the morning of September 11, Connecticut resident Sean Rooney left two voice-mail messages for his wife, Beverly, describing what he was seeing and hearing from his office in the South Tower. The couple eventually connected by phone, staying on the line together until the building collapsed. One of Sean’s hobbies was carpentry. After his death, Beverly resized Sean’s tool belt, wearing it as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. An advocate for creation of the 9/11 Commission, Beverly perished in 2009 in a plane crash en route to Buffalo, New York, where she was to award a memorial scholarship at Sean’s high school.
HIDE
On the morning of September 11, Connecticut resident Sean Rooney left two voice-mail messages for his wife, Beverly, describing what he was seeing and hearing from his office in the South Tower. The couple eventually connected by phone, staying on the line together until the building collapsed. One of Sean’s hobbies was carpentry. After his death, Beverly resized Sean’s tool belt, wearing it as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. An advocate for creation of the 9/11 Commission, Beverly perished in 2009 in a plane crash en route to Buffalo, New York, where she was to award a memorial scholarship at Sean’s high school.
HIDE
