Clifton Man to Tackle Safes Locked for 60 Years on Sub
Ana M. Alaya
Newark Star Ledger
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Hackensack, New Jersey (US):
As a professional safecracker, Jeff Sitar's job has taken him to the vaults and safes of mansions and museums, banks and battleships.
Now the 43-year-old Clifton man has been tapped to open two safes in a WWII submarine. Sitar's mission:
figure out the combinations on two safe locks on the USS Ling 297, a submarine from the World War II era that has been berthed at the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack since 1972.
Museum officials said they tapped Sitar because he specializes in opening combination locks without drills or explosives, using a method called "manipulation," relying on his nimble fingers, ears and wits.
Several X-rays indicate there are documents and metallic objects in the two steel-reinforced safes, which haven't been opened in 60 years, according to Accocella. Among the items museum members believe may be in the safes are classified documents, the ship's logs, personal valuable belongings of the captain or crew, or dog tags.
Dec 07, 2005
Ana M. AlayaNewark Star Ledger
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Hackensack, New Jersey (US):
As a professional safecracker, Jeff Sitar's job has taken him to the vaults and safes of mansions and museums, banks and battleships.
Now the 43-year-old Clifton man has been tapped to open two safes in a WWII submarine. Sitar's mission:
figure out the combinations on two safe locks on the USS Ling 297, a submarine from the World War II era that has been berthed at the New Jersey Naval Museum in Hackensack since 1972.
Museum officials said they tapped Sitar because he specializes in opening combination locks without drills or explosives, using a method called "manipulation," relying on his nimble fingers, ears and wits.
Several X-rays indicate there are documents and metallic objects in the two steel-reinforced safes, which haven't been opened in 60 years, according to Accocella. Among the items museum members believe may be in the safes are classified documents, the ship's logs, personal valuable belongings of the captain or crew, or dog tags.
Dec 07, 2005
