The famed 9/11 squeegee handle — responsible for saving six lives — has been donated by its owner, Jan Demczur, to the Smithsonian, The Washington Post reports.

With the help of his squeegee handle, the metal fixture that connects blade to broomstick, Polish immigrant Jan Demczur and five others escaped from a smoke-filled elevator by tearing through drywall and punching a hole in a bathroom wall on the 50th floor, then racing down flight after interminable flight of stairs and out of the World Trade Center’s north tower within five minutes of the building’s collapse.

Bravo.

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