The Gun That Survived 9/11

By Bob Owens | 12:47 PM | September 11, 2015

This Smith & Wesson 640 revolver went into the North Tower on September 11, 2001, as the backup gun of NYPD Officer Walter Weaver. Officer Weaver’s last known location was on the sixth floor, helping rescue people trapped in an elevator.

You can read more about Officer Weaver’s sacrifice—representative of the sacrifice of many heroes that day—and view another photo of this revolver recovered in the ashes of Ground Zero at the NRA Museums Facebook page.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.